IBC Daily 2009 Day 1

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Production professionals If your interest is in shooting and production, read all about this year’s Production Village Page 4

New broadcast success

This morning’s keynote session will discuss ‘Growth opportunities in media and broadcasting’ Page 8

Reading the signs ahead Today’s free Business Briefings look at opportunities in digital signage Page 18

White space wins award

This year’s winner of IBC’s special award for the best paper goes to Mark Wadell of BBC R&D for his work on the potential of the narrow bands of ‘white space’ between existing channels Page 22

by David Fox Pictures from the new Weisscam HS-2 high-speed camera will be on show on IBC’s Big Screen today at 17.00. The camera, which records up to 1500 frames per second in 2k, 2000fps in 1080p, and up to 4000fps in 720p, has been getting favourable reviews from its first 15 users and has now started to go into full production.

Ivo NĂśrenberg from Gulo Film Productions used one of the first units to record black grouse fighting at dawn in Finland. “We’ve been able to capture the fight scenes at 1000fps. The sensor’s light sensitivity is very good. While transferring the data to the HD recorder we could see if we have got the scene in the DigiMag and which scenes we

IBC high speed Finnish: Ivo NĂśrenberg on location with the Weisscam HS-2 in Finland. Visitors can try out the camera in the new Production Village in Hall 9

still needed to shoot. The RAW conversion later on is dropped, a huge relief for documentarians.

Dutchview auto-focus with Canon

IBC Training Zone

A chance to test-drive the latest iMacs, running software including Final Cut Pro Suite – and it’s free Page 24

The best of IBC and IET A new journal to make the technical papers even more readily available Page 46

Broadcaster beware!

The interests of broadcasters and vendors are not always aligned, points out a report by Devoncroft Partners Page 54

Exhibitor listing

Complete with stand numbers and floor plans for the entire RAI Centre Page 37 Published on behalf of the IBC Partnership

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Shooting at 1000fps is unveiling a new world,� he said. (continued on page 3)

Contract celebration, from left: Wilfred Soerel, Canon Europa; John Visser, Dutchview Multicam; Ken Koyama, Canon Europa; and Peter Slot, Dutchview Multicam

by Fergal Ringrose Dutchview, the largest technical media company in the Netherlands, has signed a contract to re-equip

with Canon HD lenses. Notably, it has made a commitment to autofocus lenses and has already ordered 10 big box lenses from Canon.

Dutchview has 14 studios and provides crew, OB trucks and facilities for studio and outside recording, as well as ENG, post production and storage facilities.

It is replacing all SD lenses with Canon HD lenses over the next four years.

Dutchview Multicam Managing Director John Visser said, “Obviously, for us to replace all our SD is quite an expensive operation – something we cannot do in one year. So we looked for a partnership over several years. Also, of course, we wanted to get the best deal. We naturally asked all lens providers to quote: but Canon provided a very attractive package, and we were happy with them.�

Dutchview has taken the significant decision to replace all its big box lenses with auto-focus (continued on page 3)

Quantel to be virtualised for version control

by Carolyn Giardina Quantel aims to “turn file-based workflow on its head� with new Virtualisation software for the company’s broadcast systems that is being designed to eliminate latency and version control issues.

Quantel is previewing this technology and introducing its first product to include Virtualisation: Final Cut Pro Gateway, a new module for the Quantel sQ broadcast servers that supports Apple’s Final Cut Pro editing software.

Q u a n t e l ’s S t eve O we n explained the Virtualisation technology: “We are trying to take a different look at the problems of latency and managing the multiplicity of files that you end up with, by asking ‘wouldn’t it be better if we actually didn’t make any files that we didn’t need, and we didn’t have to store them?’.

We asked: Could we build an architecture where we can pretend the files are there – basically what virtualisation means – and the technology will make them when they are needed. “We are essentially ‘imagining’ that these files exist and telling the user that the files exist. If you want to use it, it will be there, but the system doesn’t make it in advance. We are only doing the work that is required to be done.

Rather than just in case, it is just in time. It is a more efficient strategy – and more complex.�

Final Cut Pro Gateway was developed to offer Final Cut Pro users a fast and flexible broadcast workflow with Quantel server technology, using the Virtualisation methods. “Final Cut Pro only works with QuickTime files and we don’t (continued on page 3)

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Ensemble takes MPC down the embedded route

Digital signage portrait: German manufacturer Kinoton has added a new model to the large range of Litefast 360° displays. The new Litefast MOTION 100 SL 360° LED video display is designed especially for graphics, stills and videos in portrait format. This makes it perfect for presenting lists of information, such as stock exchange or currency rates, flight information, timetables or agendas.

Fashion advertising is another interesting application for the new ‘portrait format’ Litefast display.

Moreover, the large colour space and high colour intensity provided by the Litefast LED technology accentuates any motif while the fine two-millimeter LED pixel pitch guarantees sharp highcontrast images. – Fergal Ringrose 6.A10

by Farah Jifri The Moving Picture Company has invested in Ensemble Design’s Avenue 7600 audio embedder module in a bid to migrate from AES to embedded audio at its London facility. “We’re converting the whole of the facility from AES audio, which is currently managed by a separate router, to embedded audio handled by a single SDV M ultifor mat Digital v i d e o router�, said Colin Smith, senior engineer at MPC. “The primary module used in MPC’s London base is an Avenue 7600 f ro m Ensemble Designs, and it is the most flexible module I’ve come across so far. It’s primarily a Mux/Demux, with audio delay, audio level adjustment, channel invert and swap, a good solid quality product.�

Prior to using the Ensemble 7600 embedder and disembedder, MPC used a combination of various modules from different man-

ufacturers to achieve similar signal processing. “One of our challenges was to provide embedded audio for the “preview video out� of all of our 2D workstations. These were originally provided with separate AES, and in order to solve this i s s u e we u s e d a 7 6 0 0 Ave nu e module, embedded the 2D workstation audio into the SDI Digital video and then distributed it in the conventional way via a router. The Avenue 7600 audio embedder modules are easy to configure and that’s half the battle. We use the 7600 because it’s reasonably inexpensive and very flexible,� said Smith.

The Avenue equipment is controlled and monitored via MPC’s local intranet, and the Avenue PC control software this enables all the Avenue modules to be controlled from a remote location, saving a significant amount of time.

MPC also uses Ensemble’s 5400 and 7405 sync pulse genera-

tors and test pattern generators for HD and SD reference generation. The reference signals are fed to equipment throughout the facility. Ensemble’s analogue to digital converters allow MPC to convert existing analogue video

50X zoom gets you into a tight spot

by David Fox Fujinon’s new 50x OB zoom lens, the XA50x9.5B ESM, is an HD telephoto lens designed to work with ENG-style 2/3-inch HD cameras. It is claimed to be ‘ideal for small sports venues, indoor sports venues and political events c ove rag e ’ . I t i s ‘ a ffo rd abl e ’ , weighs 20.4kg, and includes an integral camera supporter that requires no additional camera lens support, which results in a cost savings over other designs

Quantel Gateway (continued from page 1) store QuickTime on Quantel servers,� Owen explained. “We “virtualise’ the files. ... This lets Final Cut Pro work with systems that it can’t normally work with.�

He expects customers to gain benefits by speed, as well as by not paying for additional storage.

Quantel is also hosting a technology demonstration, using Virtualisation for Flash for the web.

This will be shown as a Rich Internet Application (RIA).

Lastly, at IBC, Quantel will introduce a new version its Pablo post production finishing system, which includes the ability to build and modify 3D LUTs (Look Up Tables). The company reported that this new version would also o ffe r e n hancements in areas including burning Blu-ray Discs and RED conform from an Avid.

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Avenue 7600 is the most flexible module says MPC Senior Engineer, Colin Smith

Sporting chance: Fujinon’s new XA50x9.5B

Canon HD auto-focus

(continued from page 1) lenses. Senior Project Manager Peter Slot said, “We held a number of long lenses, 70x and 55x, which had to be replaced. In our investment program we work on a five-year replacement cycle: but we can work on much longer times with lenses. For long-term investment, especially with long lenses, we believe it’s not just nice to have auto-focus – but very necessary. We have also decided to replace our 21x studio

box lenses with AF versions of the XJ27x.�

John Visser said, “We think auto-focus will give us a better picture – by giving the cameraman more time to focus on composition. Focus technique is also much more difficult with high definition than standard definition: so we tested Canon auto-focus lenses with our cameramen and some of our clients. Everybody was very happy – so we are future-proofing by purchasing AF lenses within our HD programme.�

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Big Screen Hi Def (continued from page 1) “You can shoot and see it right back in HD without having to render it first,� added Denny Clairmont, of Clairmont Camera. “ We we re s h o o t i n g a ro u n d a swimming pool and when the shot was done, we had the Weisscam HS-2 cued up and ready for playback by way of wireless control before the operator could even get off the dolly. I believe this is the best high-speed camera out there.

I’d like to own eight of them.�

and audio signals into SDI streams with embedded audio.

The facility also has component and composite analogue sources to bring into the main SDI Digital router for distribution.

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Its 9.5mm to 475mm focal length can provide a tight shot at 30m. A remote control 2x extender is standard. The maximum relative aperture is 1.7 from 9.5mm to 311mm and 2.6 at 475mm. The minimum object distance is less than 3m from the front of the lens.

Built-in moisture absorbing technology reduces fogging caused by humidity and improves reliability.

It also features Fujinon’s Digi Power digital servo control system, which enhances the performance of both zoom and focus.

11.C20 The camera has been in development by Weisscam and P+S Technik for two years, and has a full format Super35 CMOS sensor with a global shutter. The PL lens mount accepts 35mm lenses like Cooke S4s, but the Interchangeable Mount System from P+S Technik means users could attach almost any lens.

It can shoot 12-bit RAW and 10-bit HD (both at once if needed), 4:3, 16:9 or cinema-style images.

Visitors can try out the camera for themselves in the Production Village in hall 9.

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Calling all production professionals Production Village

Better than botox: Relativity makes Super 16 look smooth and could make archive film suitable for high definition

New theory of Relativity goes against the grain

by David Fox Super 16 is no good for HD, its grain is just too obvious. This is the main reason why the film format has been rejected for HD production by many broadcasters, but this doesn’t need to be the case any longer, following the introduction of Relativity, a new digital post production system from Arri that it claims is “the most advanced degrain software tool in the world”.

It can also do motion effects.

Grain can be removed entirely, reduced, or added, allowing formats to be mixed and matched without any textural variation, and it means that existing film-originated television programmes in archives could now be remastered, degrained and broadcast in HD. When the results of the BSC evaluation were presented at the National Film Theatre, “everyone loved them”, said Milan Krsljanin, business development manager, Arri Media.

Relativity has multiple applications. Its texture control can do grain reduction of Super 16 film for HD transmission, but it could also be used to match composite shots

from different media, or where one shot is at 500 ASA, or where you are combining video and film.

“You can put very fine grain into the video footage to make it more like 35mm film,” he explained.

There is also a ‘very nice’ time control, for slowing down, speeding up or ramping shots. “It uses very sophisticated motion compensation algorithms,” added Krsljanin. “It can also degrain these elements and then add the correct grain as if it was shot at that framerate.”

The system has been trialled in London by several Soho facilities over the last month or so, and “there is a great deal of interest in it, especially from DoPs”. It is aimed at high-end post houses and is expensive, but he believes that it could pay for itself after two premium visual effects jobs.

Relativity ideally sits between scanning or telecine and colour grading in the post production workflow. The technology was developed by Cinnafilm, New Mexico and Digital Film Central, Vancouver, and is being marketed by Arri.

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New Baltics playout facility

by Farah Jifri Pay-TV operator Viasat Satellite Services AB (VSS) has commissioned a new automated playout facility in Riga, Latvia. The project is being lead by Luxembourg-based systems integration company BCE, which is to supply a turnkey system that centres on Pebble Beach automation and IPV’s SpectreView browse engine. The operation is expected to go live in early 2010.

The new playout facility is part of a major renovation programme that will replace Viasat’s three smaller local playout centres currently in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania. The project will see the operator build a new central playout hub to manage its existing nine channels and provide a platform for future channel expansion. In addition to the playout of the Baltic channels, this new centre will provide the disaster recovery

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services for Viasat’s UK operation.

The system also includes Front Porch’s DIVArchive, Omneon Spectrum and MediaDeck servers and AppleFinal Cut Pro editors and IPV’s SpectreView browse engine. The entire workflow is under the management of Pebble Beach’s Neptune automation and Anchor media management systems; this includes the movement of media between London and Riga via the DIVArchive.

Once ingested assets are tagged as QC passed, they are transcoded using multiple IPV SpectreView Xcode engines to create low-resolution browse proxy copies. The IPV browse resolution content has multiple purposes including the selection of clips for promo production, content segmentation for advertising insertion, and the provision of voiceovers and subtitle files.

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If your interest is in shooting and production, then head for hall 9 where you will find one of the biggest innovations at IBC2009: the Production Village. This is designed as a focal point for the p ro d u c t i o n c o m mu n i t y, a n d brings together a number of activities into one place.

The most obvious feature is a huge demonstration set, surrounded on all sides by cameras from Arri, Grass Valley, Ikegami, JVC, Panasonic, Silicon Imaging and Sony. Nowhere else can you directly compare all these camera types side by side. The manufacturers and distributors responsible fo r t h e s e c a m e ra s h ave p o d s nearby where they can give you more information.

Taking advantage of the set, and the nearby Christie LED v i d e o c u b e, w i l l b e I B C T V News. This year it has its production base here, with all its journalists and editors working as part of the Production Village community.

Judge for yourself which camera has the X factor at the IBC Production Village

The site is also home to two training theatres. In one there will be a series of craft presentations, on everything from lighting and workflow to effects make-up and getting the most out of an interviewee. These are really powerful, valuable training sess i o n s fo r a nyo n e l o o k i n g t o develop their skills – and they are free to all IBC visitors. Register online or at the reception desk in the Production Village.

Alongside them, the other theatre will be used by manufacturers to offer in-depth, hands-on workshops on their products. There are sessions from Arri, JVC, Panasonic, Phabrix and the Vitec

Group until Tuesday 15 September. Again these are free sessions, but space is limited so make sure you reserve your place.

Timetables for both training venues are available at the Production Village reception and online at www.ibc.org/training.

No community is complete without a meeting place, so the IBC Production Village also includes a bar where colleagues and friends can get together to chat.

Comprehensive camera comparisons, active productions, free in-depth training and a chance to network: the IBC Production Village in Hall 9 is sure to be one of the exhibition’s busiest attractions.

Marquis bridges Avid/FCP

by Fergal Ringrose Marquis is debuting Bridging, a new product for editing workflows.

Bridging provides a simple method for Apple Final Cut Pro and Avid editors to exchange timelines between systems thereby improving workflow flexibility in digital post and broadcast environments.

Using Bridging, Avid and Apple editors are able to exchange timelines in the background between editing systems in a simple intuitive drag and drop operation.

Bridging moves the required media and EDL metadata from one system to the other so that the edit can be continued once the media arrives at its new destination.

Bridging also gives facility managers more freedom when organising projects and allocating resources by providing further opportunity for improved collaboration when a mixture of editing

systems is in use. Different best of breed editing systems can be easily integrated into a single cohesive and efficient workflow to better accommodate different stages of the production.

“As part of our ongoing commitment to product development, we are delighted to be announcing Bridging at IBC 2009,” said Granby Patrick, partner director, technology, Marquis Broadcast.

“This new product provides a simple and efficient route to streamline the movement of media between different editing systems without incurring tedious problems due to file format incompatibilities.”

Bridging is available immediately as part of Marquis’ Medway media transfer and format conversion software and will be available as a stand-alone product from next month.

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Direct outs for location mixer

by David Davies Au d i o D eve l o p m e n t s h a s a dd re s s e d a nu m b e r o f n ew requirements from sound professionals working in the TV drama and film industries with the introduction of its new location mixer.

The new product, the AD256, provides direct outputs from each input to help facilitate multitrack recording as part of a design that prioritises simplicity of operation.

A limiter, three-band equaliser, variable HPF, microphone powering and a transformer balanced microphone pre-amplifier are

among the other features of the AD256, which is available in different chassis sizes housing six, eight, ten or 12 input modules.

The main outputs include limiters and with the auxiliary outputs are transformer balanced.

Arriving in a robust extruded aluminium case, the AD256 also i n c o r p o rat e s c o m p re h e n s ive monitoring capabilities, including a private line feature with separate monitor selector and talk facility. Power is from internal batteries or external 12V DC .

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Production training free at IBC

Express training: Broadcast experts Alan Roberts, Christina Fox, and Jonathan Harrison will be dispensing video, lighting and sound advice in Hall 9

by David Fox IBC has considerably expanded its training role this year with the establishment of the Production Village in Hall 9, where visitors can take part in a host of free seminars, demonstrations and even one-to-one training sessions (all of which can be booked online or at the Village). There will also be the opportunity to compare cameras and other equipment from different manufacturers side by side (including JVC’s new 4k camera).

Manufacturers will also be doing their own seminars, including: A r r i , E V S, JVC, Panasonic, Phabrix and the Vitec Group.

The independent IBC training will be vendor neutral, and is being conducted by some of the most established trainers in the industry, covering everything from the science behind HD to how to shoot an interview.

Technology specialist Alan Roberts, who consults for the BBC and manufacturers, is talking about the application of colour science, showing how to set up an HD camera, how to use test cards, revealing his favourite operational tricks, and answering visitor’s high-end camera questions.

“TV is not about telling the truth, it’s all about making it

believable. Provide a series of pictures that stand still and the brain has to put them together. We have to reinforce the suspension of disbelief and don’t want anything to g e t i n t h e way o f t h at ,” s a i d Roberts.

He will be launching a new book at IBC: Circles of Confusion, published by the EBU. It deals with TV, especially HD, and how it works, how it came to work that way, and how to get the best out of it. “What I do is best called psycho physics,” he said. His favourite chapter in the book is the one on human vision, which has a “dramatic impact on using cameras,” and he will be covering some of this in his talks.

DoP Jonathan Harrison is doing his renowned ‘Lighting On The Run’ seminar, revealing “the art of lighting for HD – selecting the right tools and how you do it.”

As it is an extended session, he has time to get more technical and deal with colour quality and fidelity. He is also running sessions on soft lights, lighting in difficult locations, and energy-saving lighting, as well as daily lighting clinics.

One of his sessions shows how to build eco-friendly lighting into studios, and lower your carbon footprint (and save money too),

MHz sees upturn in downturn

by David Fox Despite the recession, broadcasters still need new facilities or to upgrade existing ones, making this an optimistic IBC for companies such as the independent systems integrator, Megahertz, which has carried out many installations recently.

“Megahertz has been extremely busy over the last six months with a wide variety of projects across a broad range of production facilities,” said Greg Hoskin, its managing director, who is particularly pleased that so much of this is repeat business. “Our ability to address the specific needs of our clients has allowed us to minimise their risk during these challenging economic times, while delivering

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the most suitable technical and operation solutions that ensure a real return on investment.”

There is a continuing demand for studio upgrades, such as at t h e B B C ’s M i l b a n k S t u d i o s, where MHz relocated the studios and radio facilities within the original building. It has also been upgrading various sites in South Africa for e.tv– including some new additions to its 24-hour news channel.

In playout, MHz recently supported the installations of new equipment and added services at a number of facilities including those at Telenor London for the launch of a new Al Harbi channel and the completion of an installation at its third news play-

out facility in India, this time at Mahaa TV in Hyderabad.

MHz has also spent recent months upgrading and commissioning earth stations for broadcasters such as BBC Cardiff and a major Arabic news broadcaster.

Following MHz’s completion of two BT fibre DSNG trucks that went into service earlier this year, it has been busy with a number of vehicles including the build out of the latest HD-ready DSNG truck for BBC Scotland and an innovative satellite vehicle based on a Humvee H3 model for Telemedia in South Africa.

It has also recently completed the latest in a line of HD production vehicles for SIS Live. OB 7 went into service directly from the

and he promises that it is relevant to anyone from news to drama. In the ultimate challenge, he reveals how to light on location with batteries. “There are now larger portable lights that, because they are LED, have power consumption that is similar to conventional smaller lights,” he explained.

C h r i s t i n a Fox , o f U r b a n Fox.TV, is covering low-budget HD camcorders, audio, shooting better interviews, camera support and production on a budget.

“Most of my talks are about what to look for when you are buying k i t , fo r ex a m p l e, s h o u l d yo u choose tape, tapeless or hybrid; what are the things you are going to need to buy once you have made your camera decision (such as tripods, microphones and accessories); and then how to use them to best effect. So, ‘when is a personal microphone a better choice than a gun mic?’,” she said.

“Interviews can be tricky to shoot, because there are so many elements to get right, but they are often the most important part of the story. So, Jonathan will be doing a double session on lighting, which I’d recommend anyone shooting interviews to go to, and I’ll be complementing this with a shorter version of a session I devised for video journalists that covers not only the technology but the art.”

IBC is also running camera, lighting and audio clinics, “and

we’re very keen that people come along with loads of questions and spend some time one-on-one getting the help and advice they need. With many seminars people don’t get enough time to ask questions, so being able to come to these clinics and the small group sessions (where they can get their hands on the equipment with someone who is impartial), means we can really help people to solve their problems in a practical way,” she said.

There are also sessions from: multicamera expert, Peter Taylor, who has worked on such events as Glastonbury and the Proms, and will explain how to plan multicamera events in HD, make multicam work for you, as well as OBs and multicamera lighting and lenses. And drama DoP, Paul Wheeler, who teaches at the UK’s National Film and Television School, reveals how to get a particular look using lenses and filt e r s, h ow t o p i c k t h e r i g h t high-end camera for the job, and location workflow.

For post production, don’t forget the established training zone in Hall 7, where there are free sessions on Adobe, Apple and Maxon software, plus seminars from Cinegy, Da Vinci, Digital Rapids, Digital Vision, Orad, Seamobile, Telestream, Tiger Technology, and VidiGo/Delta Solutions.

Hall 9

MHz production line No rattle and hum: the new satellite to provide vehicle MHz built for Telemedia one of three MHz-built HD production facilities for BBC Sport’s HD coverage of Wimbledon.

Work is now underway at MHz’s Ely facility on a third vehicle, claimed to be the largest HD OB truck to be commissioned tems’ Executive Briefing Centre in the UK, which is due to go into being commissioned at its London HQ near Heathrow. This service at the end of 2009.

In association with its Cana- follows the success of a pilot dian parent, AZCAR Technolo- project in Bangalore that was gies, MHz is providing the AVIT completed by AZCAR. facilities for the latest Cisco Sys- 11.F20

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New broadcast success IBC Keynote

Rory Sutherland, The Ogilvy Group: ‘New metrics, new models and new media’

With advertising revenues apparently collapsing, it would be easy to think that the traditional commercial broadcaster is under threat. Licence-funded state broadcasters see their income threatened under political pressure to meet economic targets.

Subscription services look healthy

– but only if they adopt new technologies allowing them to target their audiences as individuals.

At the same time, audiences still cherish traditional broadcasters as trusted brands, the services they turn to both for routine entertainment and for information in times of crisis. How can these two trends be balanced?

That is the background to this morning’s keynote session, at 11:15 in the Forum. To debate ‘Growth opportunities in media and broadcasting’, IBC has brought together three thought leaders with global reputations to set out their plans to ensure the future success of the broadcast business.

First up is Saul J Ber man, global strategy and change services leader for IBM in the US, who will discuss his paper ‘Under-

standing what consumers want: an opportunity for creativity and growth’. Erik Huggers, director of future media and technology at the BBC, will look at how technical advances can create new value for a globally-recognised brand like the BBC. Finally advertising guru Rory Sutherland, vice chair of The Ogilvy Group, will look at ‘New metrics, new models and new media’. He will argue that it is t i m e t o re p l a c e Je ro m e McCarthy’s four Ps of the marketing mix – product, pricing, placem e n t a n d p ro m o t i o n – w i t h something that better suits the modern, technology driven era.

You will have to attend the session to discover what the four Es are ...

Following the three keynote presentations the speakers will be quizzed by leading journalist Raym o n d S n o ddy, wh o w i l l a l s o encourage questions from the floor. The result is likely to be an agenda-setting debate that can potentially change the way forward for all of us.

Connecting content to opportunity

Ross finds right Xpression

by Adrian Pennington Ross Video has its new Xpression 3D charact e r g e n e r at o r a n d motion graphics system on display at the RAI. This is an all-inone realtime 3D fully Unicode compliant machine directly supporting a wide variety of languages. Developed by a team with a l o n g b a c k g ro u n d a s on-air graphics opera- Give your characters Xpression tors, Xpression is said The tool can accommodate a to combine ease of use and power variety of workflows from fully to deliver new creative freedom.

Xpression interoperates with manual playback stand-alone industry leading graphics file setups to distributed configuraformats like Photoshop and 3D tions controlled by custom appliStudio Max files and offers indi- cations and newsroom systems. vidual control of up to seven lay- T h i s, r e c ko n s Ro s s, m a ke s e r s o f g r ap h i c s o n a s i n g l e Xpression the perfect solution channel – eliminating the need for news, production studio and for costly additional channels OB productions.

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It’s imperative that all media organisations look for increased efficiencies in costs and operations urges Brick Eksten, president Digital Rapids Corporation There’s little question that the tone of this year’s IBC is quite different from recent years. While hot topics previously focused on new technologies, new distribution platforms and new monetisation opportunities, the obvious global economic challenges have caused most customers to make those c o n s i d e rations secondary to bringing cost efficiencies to their existing businesses.

Media organisations are being forced to re-think – or at least revalidate – business models that they may have crafted just a couple of years ago. The original revenue models planned for their multi-platform strategies may no longer be viable as the economy affects not only their own capital investments, but also consumers’ entertainment habits and viewing routines.

Even for media organisations currently thriving despite the economic climate, it’s imperative that

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they also look for increased efficiencies in costs and operations.

Their competitors are doing so, and as the recession subsides, the survivors will be much more efficient going forward.

One of the key areas w i t h room for improvement is the digital delivery of content. The significant revenue opportunity of wider content distribution and syndication brings with it the need for more efficient mechanisms to deliver media between creation, contribution and distribution points. A remarkable amount of material is still delivered via physical transport but even organisations using early dig i t a l distribution services may b e encountering challenges in scalability or moving HD content.

The breadth of distribution also now far exceeds the traditional scenario of broadcasters and affiliates. Distribution partners may include not only televi-

sion affiliates, but also web portals, mobile providers, VoD services, electronic sell-through and more. Many of these recipients do not have the dedicated network lines or satellite access that traditional television affiliates h av e h a d , a n d m ay o n ly b e re a c h abl e ove r t h e i n t e r n e t .

Increasing the performance and efficiency of digital media distribution over public and private terrestrial IP-based networks or satellite can provide increased automation, faster availability of content, and tremendous cost savings over physical delivery mechanisms.

The opportunity for improvement goes beyond just transport, however. Metadata is a crucial link between content and its monetisation. The increasing breadth of distribution leads to greater variance in recipients’ requirements for the metadata itself and the container for mat used to

Brick Eksten: ‘Metadata is a crucial link between content and its monetisation’

‘package’ the metadata and media together. Automating its management can significantly streamline distribution efforts.

In many cases, the ability to automatically conform content to ‘local’ requirements at the receiving edge (without putting manual operational burden on the recipients) can minimise the number of content package variants to be transferred, as com-

mon ‘master’ for mats can be sent. The result can be significant savings in delivery costs, particularly where multicast transport is viable.

While such cost-saving opportunities will lead most IBC discussions, there will still be plenty of ‘pure’ technology and workflow advances to explore. The lines between broadcast production workflows and ‘new media’ continue to blur. Meanwhile, the q u a l i t y a n d re l i ab i l i t y g ap between ‘traditional’ television and alternative platforms continues to narrow, with technologies such as adaptive streaming making HD experiences on the web practical. From encoding and transcoding to live streaming and digital distribution, we’ll be featuring such advances across our solutions portfolio.

At the Digital Rapids stand, we’re offering our expertise and showcasing solutions in all of the above areas that open the door to new revenue opportunities while providing the flexibility, efficiency and cost-effectiveness that companies need to weather the economic storm and come out of it stronger than ever.

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Dalet demos MAM enhancements

by Farah Jifri Dalet is releasing Enterprise Edition version 3.3. The developer says the new version of its media asset management system features significant technology enhancements designed to facilitate complex HD production, archiving and repurposing workflows within the broadcast environment.

This latest version of Enterprise Edition features a new web client in the form of Dalet WebSpace. A modern, portable web client based on web technologies such as Flex, Ajax, H.264 streaming and RESTbased API, WebSpace provides a comprehensive set of MAM functions and incorporates a fully featured web client for newsroom applications. It also offers improved video and audio production tools and fast navigation, while video content is streamed in H.264 or MPEG-4 making remote access fast and simple without compromising on picture quality.

Dalet WebSpace is also particularly suited for use by journalists in the field and offers features frame accurate cut editing, a rich media clip-bin, search tools, and a brand new sleek, user-friendly interface.

“By building on the stable, open and feature rich platform of DaletPlus, we have been able to leverage the most modern technologies to satisfy the constant requests of our customers with a very fast turnaround,” said Kevin Savina, director of product management, Dalet. “The new 3.x architecture provides a very stable platform for convergence, both technical (IT) and editorial; integrating tools that enable users to easily produce content for different media such as VoD, mobile, web, podcast, and more. The 3.x platform also offers a path for incorporating emerging technologies.”

The new enhanced enterprise search engine that now comes with DaletPlus 3.3 offers new enterprise multimedia search engine based on Lucene/Solr technology. This development is the first step towards providing a discovery approach to searching, the company says. The performance levels provided by the new search engine makes the ideal system for massive enterprise-wide archive MAM. In partnership with SeaChange and V4x, Dalet will showcase capabilities for producing and distributing content for catch up TV. The new integrations will also interface with SeaChange VoD applications. Coupled with technology from V4x, these new capabilities enable DaletPlus operators to add a layer of interactivity to multimedia content distribution.

Viewer experiences with interactive media are dramatically enhanced with polling, quizzes, automatic graphic repackaging and more.

L a s t ly, D a l e t n ew s wh e e l automation decreases the need for live production; enabling broadcasters to dramatically

improve studio production, especially for stations offering news 24/7. Included with the news wheel are the following unique features: CG production directly in the Dalet Media Cutter timeline; positioning with ‘ins’ and ‘outs’; desktop previews of video

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Harris enters a virtual world A second chance at Eden: the Harris Virtual World has been created by Second Life developer, Linden Labs

by Dick Hobbs It is obvious that an online presence is vital for anyone who wants to be taken seriously in business today. But the scope, scale and style of that online presence varies, from simple home-made sites to very adventurous projects to support advanced product portfolios.

Taking the online presence up another level is Harris: here at IBC it is launching Harris Virtual Wo rl d , a revolutionary idea unique in this industry.

“We wanted to develop some new ideas about how we engage with our customers,” said Ian Collis, head of marketing for Harris in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. “We wanted to go much further than the simple resource of data sheets and brochures to a virtual meeting place where we could invite potential customers to look around our solutions and discuss their requirements.

“We were familiar with Second Life, and that seemed to have

great potential for a business site,” he continued. “So we spoke to Linden Labs, Second Life’s creators, and the result is Harris Virtual World.”

At present, the site is based on two virtual linked islands, which provide product centres, a confere n c e c e n t re, p re s s ro o m a n d demonstration areas. In future, partners such as systems integrators will be able to take their own space in the environment.

Collis emphasised that this is a private site and not part of the whole, vast, public Second Life.

“We are using their platform as the foundation,” he said. “You can jump out into Second Life, but you cannot jump in unless you are invited by us.

“This is a secure, business to business site,” he underlined.

“Apart from one project by IBM, Harris is the first company in the world to take this approach, so we are all very excited indeed.”

Having secured an invitation from Harris a customer will be able to move around the site as an avatar. In the product demonstration rooms typically you will be able to call up 2D documentation on one virtual screen within the environment, and see demonstrations and Flash movies on another.

“We see this as being primarily used for planned demonstrations and virtual meetings,” Collis said.

“The system uses voice over IP to have conversations. The design of our islands means that we have both large, open spaces for general discussions and demonstrations, and private meeting rooms for secure communications to discuss the detail of a bid.

“We could also make the space available for user groups to hold their own virtual meetings about our systems, and dealers could perhaps have virtual spaces within our world,” he added.

Harris Virtual World is a bold venture which is clearly a dramatic move away from the conventional online resource, and which has taken a lot of investment in its

development. “Having the ability to have demonstrations alongside documents at any time is a great benefit, and we can save money and reduce our carbon footprint by having virtual meetings for product presentations.

“We will of course retain our conventional website for general information and quick queries,” he added. “Access to Harris Virtual World is restricted to those we invite, who will tend to be customers with specific requirements.”

Will the virtual presence replace Harris’s real world presence at IBC in future? “Being at IBC is an important part of the way we engage with our customers,” Collis replied. “It is the opportunity for us to focus on what is important today, and to demonstrate our strategic direction.

“From sponsoring the green session in the conference to customer evenings at The Beach we are very much a part of the IBC community,” he added. “It allows us to demonstrate our strong commitment to this market.”

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UGC, youth and digital revolution Envivio gets the iPhone TV Conference Today

Sheer diversity of content exchange is a disruptive change in the media industry

Friday September 11, 15.30-17.00

by Chris Forrester This session seeks to bring tomorrow’s programming creatives and innovators onto the stage, and help the industry discover how UGC can bring broadcasters to the forefront of the digital revolution. The topic under discussion: ‘Content consumption in the youth market,’ will embrace all that is good about UGC and the digital revolution.

Advertising guru Sir Martin Sorrell believes that the television industry urgently needs to bring down production costs. How can we do that without losing sight of editorial quality and programme diversity?

Trend-tracking to develop new programme ideas by listening to the noise on social networks is certainly one way to pick up the buzz.

But where exactly is the l i n e between user-generated content and reality programming? What can producers learn from the wildfire popularity when it goes viral?

One of the most disruptive changes in the media industry in recent years is the sheer diversity in the way that consumers – and particularly young people – enjoy and exchange content. They communicate with each othe r by whichever method is closest to hand: emails, instant messaging, SMS, voice, video and more. And the expectation is that video and audio content should be as accessible and as easy to share.

Is this a universal view? Or do

different geographies and markets have differing patterns of consumption and sharing? Are the differences cultural or are they down to technical or commercial limitations?

The only way to find out is to ask. Which is why IBC is bringing together a panel of students from Japan, Russia, UK and USA to debate the topic. Following directly on from a session on user-generated content, the students will be interviewed, and then the meeting will be thrown open to the floor.

This is a remarkable opportunity to gain a detailed insight now into the way that content will be accessed and consumed in the very near future.

The first portion will be chaired by Gary Smith, a highlyregarded journalist specialising in digital media, mobile technology and social networking. The student panel segment will be chaired

by Jeremy Barr, professor of broadcasting and convergent media at Ravensbourne College of Design & Communication.

by Ian McMurray A focal point of Envivio’s participation at IBC is its recentlyannounced iLiveTV, which the company describes as the first complete mobile TV delivery solution for iPhone OS 3.0. It is a complete mobile video encoding and distribution solution for e v a l u at i n g , d e v e l o p i n g a n d deploying live and on demand TV video services for the iPhone, and takes full advantage of the new iPhone OS 3.0 mobile video

format announced by Apple at its Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) i n Ju n e. i L i v e T V includes the Envivio 4Caster C4 s video encoding platform, content delivery server software, and a web-based Cover Flow iPhone navigation portal. It is available immediately.

According to the company, iLiveTV enables operat o rs t o o ff e r i P h o n e u s e r s multiple channels of live broadcast TV over 3G and wi-fi networks with home theatre quality and premium features such as catch-up TV, video on demand and a client channel guide. iLiveTV supports all of the advanced capabilities of the new mobile video format in Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 to dynamically adapt to available bandwidth, optimise full screen video playback and increase battery life.

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Final Cut SuperMeet on Sunday

User driven: Michael Horton, SuperMeet co-producer, promises lots of user interaction at the IBC SuperMeet

by David Fox The second annual Amsterdam F i n a l C u t Pro Users Group SuperMeet takes place on Sunday (September 13) at the Grand H o t e l K rasnapolsky in Dam Square, to coincide with IBC2009

and promises to be the largest gathering of Final Cut Pro users, gurus and digital filmmakers in Europe this year.

There will be presentations on the newly released Final Cut Studio 3, with a good deal of the show devoted to the new features in Final Cut Pro 7.

“We’ve invited FCP Co-Creator Michael Wohl to show off FCP 7,” said Michael Horton S u p e r M e e t c o - p ro d u c e r a n d head of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group. “Michael is o n e o f t h e wo r l d s fo r e m o s t experts on Final Cut Pro. He has not only been there from FCP’s beginning, but Michael has written training books for Peachpit Press as well as produced training videos for MacProVideo. He is also a fine editor and film-

maker. Who better to show off the new Final Cut Pro?” There will also be an interactive panel discussion between Final Cut Studio experts and the audience. There will also be userdriven presentations from Blackmagic Design and JVC, a look at how Adobe’s CS4 works with FCP from Jason Levine, Senior Worldwide Evangelist for Adobe, and show and tells from European filmmakers.

There will also be an FCP Showcase with more than 25 exhibitors, and the usual raucous raffle where lots of prizes will be handed out to dozens of winners.

Tickets are €15, doors open at 16:30, presentations begin at 19:00 a n d c o n t i nu e u n t i l 2 3 : 3 0 . w w w. l a f c p u g . o r g / A m s t e r dam_2009.html

Vendors must act responsibly If manufacturers neglect to recognise a customer’s needs they will fail, contends Stuart Ashton, general manager, Blackmagic Design EMEA Exhibitor Opinion M a nu f a c t urers must decide whether they let market conditions affect them or whether their actions affect the market. We must understand the pressures that customers are under. There is cons t an t d ow nward pressure on budgets, balanced by increased demand for quality.

The current economic climate exposes what has often been a weakness in this industry, where too much focus has been placed on overpriced solutions aimed purely at the elite.

Current market conditions affect everyone – from freelance to network broadcasters, the challenges faced are being felt at every level.

It is our duty as manufacturers to appreciate the changes in market demands and to understand the threats, problems and challenges our customers face. It also does not help that these same customers have more choice than ever be for, if anything it adds to the confusion.

More than ever, selecting the right tools for the job is paramount. Wrong decisions are costly and the impact of makin g a wrong decision is felt more than it ever was. Gone are the days when customers can spend themselves out of a problem, they simply have not got the option to dig deeper into their pockets.

What this means is that technology choices have to be considered ones and if we truly aim to

meet our customer needs the onus is on us to deliver solutions to their needs rather than making a sale.

So as manufacturers do we contribute to the market downturn or do we accept this as a challenge that needs to be overcome?

If you have to answer this question you have a problem.

As a company our philosophy has never changed, from the outset our aim has been to provide the highest possible standards in quality at affordable pricing. This is not a marketing statement but a passion that backs everything that we do. Why should creativity be hampered by budget?

We have to focus on the technology of today, if we only focus on technology of the future then we risk there not being one. There

Exhibitor Q&A Element Technic, co-founders Stephen Pizzo (left) and Hector Ortega (right) Has IBC come at a good time for the electronic media industry?

Why? Our most recent development is focused on creating professional quality yet simple-to-use 3D digital acquisition platforms so filmmakers at all levels finally have access to the tools nor mally reserved for only the largest budgets. Our 3D development complement our ongoing commitment to deliver top quality accessories and support for professional digital imaging systems from RED, Sony, Arri, Silicon Imaging, Iconix, etc. Since more

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than 60% of our sales are international with more than half of that in Europe, IBC gives us the opportunity to present new products and interact directly with customers to better understand how they work and what we can

do to provide the best tools to help realise their vision.

What do you think are the key developments in, or threats to, your market sector at the current time?

Doing business at IBC2009?

With exhibitors and visitors expected from 130 countries, this year’s show is the ideal place to absorb the latest industry news and make new contacts. But for those times when you need to get away from the action and negotiate a deal, the Business Club Lounge is the place to be.

Situated in the Park Foyer, the Business Club Lounge offers the ideal setting for networking and doing business. Whether you are examples of fantastic technology that are under utilised or are still prohibitively expensive.

3Gbps SDI is here now and is a standard across our product range, not an expensive extra.

Optical fibre has until now never been a realistic option for the majority, however by building in fibre connectivity to our capture, monitoring and converter products we have made it an immediately affordable and unparalleled method of video connectivity.

Ease of use, longevity, quality and reassurance are buy products of all our solutions, however we aim to bring a new dimension and fresh attitude to what we do. Just because a product has been designed and built in one particular way for a long time does not necessarily mean that this is the best way for today.

IBC creates the opportunity for us to showcase our solutions but more importantly it affords us the chance to listen to what our customers really need. There is no other way of gauging 50,000 opinions, hearing 50,000 problems or More than anything else, 3D in one form or another seems to be the dominant topic of conversations. We are in the middle of a convergence of complementary technologies that not only make 3D feasible but make it possible to imagine most productions converting to 3D over the next 12 to 36 months as well as watching HD 3D content in the home. This includes everything from the miniaturisation of high res digital imagers, portable image data storage, 3D tools and plug-ins for popular NLEs and grading applications as well as the new breed of 3D acquisition platforms like our new Technica 3D line of digital camera rigs.

Why should delegates visit your stand at IBC? Until recently, filming in 3D felt

are close to signing up a new distributor, agreeing a contract, or confirming a technical specification, the Business Club Lounge has everything you need.

T h e l o u n g e h a s s p a c e fo r around 80 delegates at a time, with comfortable lounge style seating and tables. The lounge is fully equipped with internet access and photocopying facilities along with a coffee shop for refreshments. In addition, meeting rooms are available, which can be pre-booked if you need more privacy. Bookings can be made at the Lounge reception desk and rooms are available for up to four hours at a time.

Open during exhibition hours from Thursday 10 September until Tuesday 15 September, the Business Club Lounge is available to all IBC visitors with a valid registration pass.

Stuart Ashton: ‘The five days of IBC shape the 360 days that follow’

learning of 50,000 opportunities in one place for five days.

It will be interesting to see how manufacturers in general respond to the current conditions. The five days of IBC shape the 360 days that follow and we look forward to sharing the event with our customers and hopefully meeting their expectations.

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At IBC, Element Technica is introducing the first in a new line of 3D camera rigs available in both beam splitter and side-byside for all types of cinematic and broadcast photography. These represent the beginning of mainstream 3D cinematography where any production will have access to top quality professional equipment that is reliable and simple to use. In addition we are introducing our new Micron line of accessories designed to bring professional functionality to HDV and the new breed HD capable DSLRs. 11.A55

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Products or solutions in changing market Are broadcasters more interested in solutions to commercial requirements than they are in buying the best possible point products? A special International Association of Brodcast Manufacturers (IABM) conference brings together manufacturers and customers to talk about the new way of doing business formats to talk to each other. one main industry segment, and Friday 11 September T h at i s a n o t h e r a rg u m e n t only 14 operate in more than three.

09.00 The Forum against the one-off sale in favour Again drawing on IABM There are over 1000 manufacturers exhibiting at IBC this year, and clearly they are here because they believe they can sell their offerings.

But the way our customers are buying is changing. Is it true that most purchases are now for complete solutions rather than point products?

At 09.00 this morning in the Forum the conference ‘Inside out: are big customers ever going to buy product again?’ aims to tackle the issue. It is a joint production between IBC and IABM, one of IBC’s partners and the body that represents broadcast and media technology suppliers worldwide.

There are very few companies in the industry that can supply complete solutions on their own.

According to IABM research, out of the 1000 companies in the industry, only 56 operate in more than

research, the top 10 manufacturers in this industry account for around 42% of total revenues. For a mature industry like ours that is a low percentage, and it is in fact declining still further. So all the smaller exhibitors at IBC, focused perhaps on just one product group, are still a vital part of the industry.

Does this mean bigger business for consultants and systems integrators? Is outsourcing set to become a major global trend, the way it has, for example, in playout automation in Europe? In these difficult financial times, outsourcing and managed services represents a way of upgrading technology without having an impact on the balance sheet.

As well as major changes in the business case, the technological basis of the industry has shifted, too. Whereas once it was simple, with widely recognised audio and

Graham Sharp, participant in today’s debate

video interface standards, now there is much greater use of IT infrastructures and IP connectivity.

The increased role of IT in broadcast is making systems more capable, but also more complicated.

Systems integration now routinely involves developing interface software to get different products and

of a long-term relationship, with a continuing service element. The specified solution will include a service level agreement that might cover software upgrades or perhaps guaranteed availability with s p a re s s t o c ke d at t h e b ro a d caster’s location.

The vendors who offer services alongside their products – which might include paid-for consultancy as well as continuing support - report that its value is rising significantly: in 2004 it represented 17% of their revenues, but by 2008 this had risen to almost 21%.

Finally there is the impact of the economy. Research for the latest version of the IABM’s market study, to be published shortly after IBC, found many broadcasters reporting that the change in their financial circumstances has forced them to make decisions on their

Conference Today technology strategies earlier than they might otherwise have done.

All reported that purchasing decisions today are based on a cost/benefit analysis and return on investment calculations, not the decision of a chief engineer on the best possible product for the job.

So it is a very different world today. Suppliers who fail to adapt to it risk being commercially isolated. Broadcasters and other users who do not explore the new alternative supply chains and methods risk becoming uncompetitive.

Bart-Jan van Genderen, owner of Park Post, and Graham Sharp from the IABM will provide context to the debate, with Robert Ambrose from Siemens in the chair. The panel also includes representatives from different parts of the business: Mark Wilson Dunn of BT Media and Broadc a s t , G e o rg e t t e S c h l i c k o f Dutchview, Martin Emele from ProSiebenSat1 and Kathy-Ann McManus of Avid.

It should be a lively and constructive debate, instigated by the IABM to develop a balanced view of what the future of the industry might by, with positive outcomes for each side.

TV still platform of choice for on demand programming

by Heather McLean TV is still the platform of choice for video consumption and continues to maintain high customer loyalty despite the growth of catch up programming viewed on PCs, according to recent research carried out by

Miniweb and Harris Interactive.

The research shows that 77% of people would prefer to watch on demand programming on their TV and only 14% via the computer, despite the fact that 36% of people regularly use TV and the

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The study surveyed a sample of the 24 million people in the UK online population between the ages of 16 and 65 who already interact in some way with their TV. Interaction with the TV can be classed as finding out more about a TV show, finding out about a product or service advertised on TV, buying a product advertised on TV, voting on a TV show, buying something related to a TV show, making pay per view purchases or buying from a shopping channel. These interactions have so far been carried out predominantly on the internet or by phone and, to a very limited extent, via TV ‘red button’.

With the vast number of online streams of on demand programming (for example via BBC iPlayer) and the continuing trend for broadcasters to launch catch up services over the internet, it would be easy to perceive that consumer preference is switching to using the computer, but the Miniweb-Harris research suggests this is not the case.

Commented Andrew Carver, CEO at Miniweb: “The results of this research re-affirm our vision of bringing online video content direct to the viewer on the TV. By providing additional programming material in a way that enriches the viewing experience, a number of revenue-generating possibilities are opened up and the full potential of viewer interactivity can be realised.

Viewer interaction with the TV will increase as the depth and quality of the entertainment experience

On demand TV is in demand by majority of consumers according to latest research from Miniweb and Harris

continues to evolve.”

The results of this survey are extremely positive for the TV industry, and show the pent up demand for people to interact directly with their TV and consume internet video as part of a TV proposition.

Many broadcasters have already launched catch up services online, and while user numbers are strong, this research shows that there is a real desire among viewers to actually watch this programming directly on the TV from the comfort of the sofa rather than on a PC. This research suggests that the internet is not a threat to the TV industry but can enhance entertainment on the TV. Consumers are ready for the convergence of broadcast and broadband and they want to see TV programmes on the primary screen in the home.

The Miniweb-Harris research estimates that there are approximately 1.4 billion TV related

‘interactions’ per year in the UK alone. By enabling these to be carried out directly through the TV, and by monetising even a fraction of them, incremental revenues for broadcasters, network operators and device manufacturers can be greatly increased.

Miniweb’s Interactive Services Platform and internet gateway connected to broadband-enabled, hybrid TV devices is being demonstrated at the company’s IBC booth.

Miniweb’s converged viewer proposition enables internet video, search, recommendations and personalised web-style interactivity for TV viewers. The platform enables network, media and TV device companies to exploit the global growth in broadband-enabled TV services, allowing the monetisation of viewer interaction with linear broadcast and internet delivered media for a richer viewer experience.

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The Ultimate in high-speed stability Veritair tests antennas

Stability packed: the Ultimate Arm in use

by David Fox The PFC Ultimate Arm, a highlystabilised camera crane that can be used to film from high-performance cars or boats, is now ava i l abl e i n Europe via ACS France, which has signed an exclusive partnership with Performance Filmworks Canada.

It will usually fit the Ultimate Arm to the roof of a powerful 4x4 Mercedes ML 55 AMG, with the camera installed on either a LEV Head or a Stab-C Compact head.

The crew can work in comfort inside the vehicle and operate the camera, via joystick or wheels.

The arm will initially be based in the South of France, for rapid deployment to Italy or Spain – apparently the most popular areas for this type of filming.

The Ultimate Ar m won an Oscar for technical achievement in 2006, and boasts the ability to do a 360° pan in under six seconds and deliver stable images at high speeds (up to 160kph). It can also

be used in high or low temperatures (from +54° in Death Valley to -40° in Alaska), and can take the camera from 90cm below ground level to 540cm above the ground in one move, ending up in a close-up of a face, at high speed.

It is claimed to be the only crane in the industry with suspens i o n bu i l t i n , wh i c h g re at ly increases stability. The system comes completely built and is ready for the camera in five minutes. It can also be used as a static crane, with no levelling required, and moved and reset in seconds.

A s t h e U l t i m at e A r m a n d ACS’ helicopters both use the same gyro-stabilised head (the Gyron Stab-C Compact) it is possible to shoot one after the other simply by swapping the camera and head between the two platforms in minutes.

T h e U l t i m at e A r m c a n b e mounted on all sorts of moving vehicles, including boats, trains, or lorries. It has recently been used on such major movies as The Dark Knight, Quantum of Solace, 2012, Edge of Darkness, and Terminator Salvation.

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nal. However, Veritair uses a heliby Farah Jifri Cardiff-based Veritair Aviation copter as a measuring platform, specialises in testing broadcast which combined with GPS to transmitting antennas. The com- determine its position, makes it pany’s antenna survey teams can possible to make free-space field validate a newly installed trans- strength measurements around mitting antenna with just one the transmitting antenna to determine its radiation pattern and hour of on-site flying.

According to Veritair, much can radiated power. go wrong with broadcast t ra n s m i t t i n g antennas between leaving the factory and the final installation on the mast. D i r e c tional beams could end up misaligned or antenna pane l s m ay b e incorrectly a s s e m b l e d Veritair uses helicopters to assess r e s u l t i n g i n how well antennas are operating poor coverage Veritair is currently involved in in certain areas.

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Here we are, back again at IBC. If as Jeff Rosica, senior vice president, Grass Valley suggests the industry’s fortunes are turning a corner the question is how can we be stronger than before the recession struck us all?

A year ago at IBC we were on the verge of what we all accept now as a global recession. Even then, prospects looked grim and the economic crisis hit soon after we returned from Amsterdam.

Yet here we are, back again at IBC, in what could be coined a cautiously optimistic mood. The economy is not out of the woods yet, but certainly in our industry we can see we will come out of the crisis.

The real question is what do we all need to do to our businesses, to make sure we reach the far end in better shape.

It’s clear broadcasters need to continue to think about their

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source of income. Statistics show that subscription-based services are doing reasonably well at the moment – if consumers cannot afford to go out, at least they will make it as enjoyable as possible to stay in. State broadcasters f u n d e d by g r a n t o r l i c e n c e income might seem to be in the strongest position, but their funding tends to be a political decision which is subject to inevitable high-level cuts by politicians.

While unsurprisingly t h e advertising-funded sector is hardest hit, once the worst of the recession has passed then broadcast income will rise again. However, the savvy broadcaster will recog-

nise the need to seek additional advertising revenue from alternative streams such as online.

So there are two messages for everyone. You can either make more money or save more money, or better still do both. Either way, technology is instrumental in helping to achieve these goals.

It sounds simple but the fact re m a i n s t h at t h e b e s t way t o make money is still to put on programming that people want to watch. That means good content, produced well. High definition is a must.

Some content is virtually recession proof. Good sport will always win viewers and viewing figures

Jeff Rosica: ‘Technology is instrumental in helping to make or save money’

are still high – 11.2m tuned into the BBC to see Roger Federer’s victory over Andy Roddick in this year’s Wimbledon Men’s Singles

Final. And with the latest technology, you can make good television coverage for less.

A t I B C yo u c a n s e e G ra s s Valley products right through the production chain that deliver good technical HD quality for less than you would expect, from cameras and vision mixers to servers and editing. They significantly lower the barrier to entry into HD creation, and that is the direction you need to move for all your live production needs.

We k n ow t h at b e yo n d s p o r t , news evokes loyalty amongst consumers so quality, affordable production is again critical to driving revenue via attractive programming.

If advertising is shifting from linear television to other media including online services, mobile and additional channels, then follow it. Again, at Grass Valley we have developed sophisticated, yet simple to use tools to repurpose c o n t e n t fo r o t h e r p l at fo r m s, including automatically defining the region of interest within a picture to intelligently crop HD pictures for handheld screens. By investing in such services, you will benefit from increased brand awareness and loyalty that will be vital to retain your audience across platforms in the future.

So make sure you use your time here at IBC wisely. Come and see the latest production tools Grass Valley has to offer and learn how such tools can be instrumental in driving increased revenue and revenue streams while decreasing your operational expenditure.

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3G Access: the latest Comrex Access-IP audio codec

by David Fox 3G is one of the hottest technologies at IBC – whether you mean 3G (bits per second) or 3G (third generation/UMTS mobile phone transmission). On the Vortex Communications stand they have both, and its director, Ian Prowse, is hopeful that not too many visitors will look at both signs and think they can now have full HD over a mobile phone.

He believes that 3G, the data bandwidth required for1080p60 full HD, will be a big thing for video at IBC. “In April, at NAB, nobody cared about it, but in the last three months everyone is ask-

ing for it.” The new Scan Do HD from Communications Specialties, is the first scan converter that will run in full HD. It means that users will only need one unit, which can receive a digital or an analogue input and output SMPTE-compliant SD, HD or 3G-SDI at the push of a button. It converts DVI and analogue RGBHV/VGA computer video (up to 1920 x 1200) into a SMPTE standard-3G, HD, or SD-SDI signal.

Communications Specialities is moving all of its fibre products operate in 3G. Its new Fiberlink models will transmit 3G, HD or

industry is dealing with the aftershock. The answer now lies in business process re-engineering to dramatically simplify workflows and provide content for the widest range of formats on an industrial scale.

Exhibitor Q&A Russell Grute, marketing director, Pharos Has IBC come at a good time for the electronic media industry? Why? IBC often brings things into focus like no other event. Whether you are a manufacturer, integrator, service provider or good old-fashioned customer it’s all about finding sustainable revenue streams.

Business seems unpredictable for many right now yet there is an explosion of entertainment out there at our fingertips – from VoD to iPod and Spotify and who knows – maybe 3D. What do you think are the key developments in, or threats to, your market sector at the current time?

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SD-SDI with or without embedded audio and data, as well as DVB-ASI over one single mode or multimode fibre. They are available in card versions and a small footprint box version.

For radio, the phone side of 3G is more relevant, and the Comrex Access-IP audio codec uses 3G and the public internet to send live two-way broadcast stereo sound with extremely low delay, thanks to “the remarkable AAC-ELD coding algorithms coupled with dynamic jitter buffer, forward error correction and BRIC encoding techniques. The Enhanced Low Delay version of AAC is considerably better than conventional AAC encoding, and mean that even a symphony concert can be transmitted using 3G at 64 kilobits per second.”

3G phone coverage has improved vastly recently. “You are now finding it in rural areas all over Europe, whereas it was mainly in cities last year,” making it a lot more useful for broadcasters.

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ability – often for free – yet the processes to achieve that requires highly sophisticated workflows and new investments. Creating conventional television is hard enough at the right price – add multi language subtitles, cool promotions and the costs and complexity escalates. The long anticipated concept of convergence is here, now, magnified by the current recession, and the

Why should delegates visit your stand at IBC? If you want to see how linear processes are now crossing over using Pharos workflow to repurpose and deliver cost effectively for podcasts, iTunes, VOD and m o b i l e fo r n o n l i n e a r o r o n demand look no further. Our c u s t o m e r s l i ke F i l m f l ex at Ascent, are reaching the point where the number of file-based assets for new media outweighs that of traditional television prog ra m m i n g . T h e s c a l e s h ave tipped more swiftly than many of us thought possible making it a t ru ly exc i t i n g t i m e t o b e involved in shaping the industry’s future. Come and see what’s new in Pharos Mediator 4.2.

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Reading the digital signs Today’s free Business Briefings look at digital signage, a medium which is rapidly growing in importance. Because it brings together graphics and video, display technologies, scheduling and delivery, IBC is the obvious place to discuss and demonstrate digital signage, and today’s sessions are an important part of the debate.

First up, at 11:00, is a session in which Vincent Létang, of leading media analysts Screen Digest, and Roberto Segato, of Italian system house Lighthouse Technologies, talk about the latest trends – both in the technology and the business case. In particular, Segato will talk about the need for screens that are capable of showing HD content, and how best to match current screen technology to common digital signage requirements.

After lunch, Susuma Tsujihara of Panasonic will continue the theme of display technology.

While there is definitely a demand for ever larger, ever brighter displays for maximum impact, it

must be balanced with considerations about energy efficiency and reduced power consumption.

In this session, some of the common myths on display technologies will be dispelled, and the Pa n a s o n i c t e a m w i l l p rov i d e insight into their approach to plasma displays.

Both sessions are chaired by Miya Knights, the editor of Retail Technology and one of the leading authorities in the way that digital signage and related technologies are transforming the way we gather information when out and about.

IBC Business Briefings are open to all visitors, and can be found in Room O.

Mediaset selects P2 format

by David Fox Italy’s Mediaset has adopted Panasonic’s P2 card format for its move to 16:9 and HD for sport ENG production. It will take an initial delivery of AG-HVX201E P2 handheld camcorders (which can also record to DV tape) and a number of P2 AG-HPG20E portable recorders for immediate use.

“After careful comparison of products from different vendors we have chosen Panasonic’s P2 technology as it represents the best solution for our current and future needs,” explained Mauro Cassanmagnago, deputy general manager, director of research and projects, Videotime, a Mediaset company that is responsible for maintenance and development of studios, post production and graphics units.

“This was not a rushed decision as we have been conducting tests on P2 technology for the last two years, including its use for the production of regularly broadcasted programmes. Until today,

we have mainly worked with external production companies and freelance staff: the switch to Mediaset’s own P2 cameras has created real enthusiasm,” added Antonio Vecchio, national coordinator for Mediaset filming.

“One of the key strengths of Panasonic technology in this time of transition is its ability to allow users to work in 16:9 ratio in both SD and HD, while giving choice to record on tape or solid-state cards.

This flexibility meets our needs of today, and at the same time provides us with the ability to migrate with ease to a new file-based workflow, supporting solid-state cards.

This initial supply represents a first step in terms of testing and implementing a whole new way of working,” said Cassanmagnago.

Each of Mediaset’s regional centres will use a AG-HPG20E portable recorder for its vans and production centres, allowing playing and recording of digital content to P2 cards.

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FOR-A HVS-5000 series embraces 3G

by Ken Kerschbaumer FOR-A is demonstrating its HVS5000 vision mixer series at IBC. The HVS-5000 series supports the 3Gbps signal standard, enabling broadcasters to easily and affordably migrate to the emerging 1080p format. In addition to HD and SD signals, this mixer series supports: 1080p60, 1080p59.94, and 1080p50.

The line of vision mixers expands on FOR-A’s flagship Hanabi series of switchers and offers three new model choices: the HVS-5300A with 2 M/E, the HVS-

5300 with 3 M/E, and the HVS5400 with 4 M/E. All units in the series are designed for both live and post production and all models come standard with a touchpanel controller. Users can operate all mixer functions through this feature, including editing the still store and sequence timeline and making colour correction settings.

For those looking for an HD upgrade path the HVS-5000 series has it and more as it can switch between HD and SD and between varieties of HD for mat s. A n

optional up-/down-converter card also supports mixed input from HD and SD signals.

FOR-A says the vision mixers can be tailored to meet a variety of applications and can scale to fit an array of existing configurations.

The HVS-5400 mixer, for example, accepts a maximum of 96 inputs and can supply up to a total 48 outputs. The HVS-5300 accepts a maximum of 96 inputs and 44 outputs. The HVS-5200 can accept up to 96 inputs and 40 outputs.

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Intelligent connector boosts security

Finland’s North Karelia University of Applied Sciences has selected the OmniTek XR image analysis system for use in its Centre for Creative Industries in Joensuu Science Park, writes Carolyn Giardina. “The XR will be used to teach colour grading on 3D film production projects. In addition, students will be able to learn all about quality control and most importantly, how to read instruments correctly,” explained Stig Sohlberg, system specialist at Finnish reseller ComboSys. 6.C10

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by David Fox Fischer Connectors’ new SmarTrack is an intelligent connector system with integrated firmware designed to help secure devices against misuse. It controls information embedded in a connector, and can include product ID, such as serial, lot and model numbers and manufacture date tracking, storage and retrieval of c a l i b r at i o n d at a , a n d u s ag e tracking with counting or usage timers. It offers an easy method to embed microprocessor intelligence into a connector.

It has been devised to aid security and integrity of data, and also

integrates and calibrates data to reduce set-up time. Plus, users can now track the usage history of their connector systems, which should help prevent re-use and misuse by monitoring maintenance data and expiry dates.

“A significant benefit of having embedded intelligence into a connector is that it contains a counting device,” explained Dave Bastable, director of business development, Fischer Connectors. In some cases, a one-time use is the requirement.

In other cases, it could be as many as hundreds of uses. Sometimes multiple third parties may refurbish or copy a device making the

counter and identification features even more important to ensure quality and safety. “You can save months of hardware and software development effort by adopting this system. It offers an easy method to manage product information and helps prevent unintended use of a product.”

When the SmarTrack system is added to a Fischer connector, it will help prevent misuse or limit use of these connected accessories.

It can be used on any Fischer connector and comes with a Programming Module System and an application guide.

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John Griffin, chief sales and marketing officer ioko, explains how a broadcaster’s online platform can benefit from some specialist media engineering Many broadcasters and pay-telev i s i o n o p e r at o r s a re o n l i n e.

Some are already on their second or third iteration. One of the key pitfalls in these pioneering endeavours is failing to make the necessary investment required to re-create end-to-end TV experiences for their customers.

Bolting on simple video delivery capability to their existing web channels won’t replace the reve nu e s b e i n g l o s t t h ro u g h declining ad sales and churning subscribers.

A few may have built their services in house, although this is generally driven by their new media IT departments using a combination of third party solutions tied together to replace the functionality of core components that exist in every broadcast operations centre.

Success is based on the ability to leverage skills in internet, mobile and gaming technologies and using these to integrate with core components such as scheduling, rights management, access control etc. to provide the con-

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sumer with an integrated and consistent TV experience across all devices. The skills required may be beyond the core competency of many broadcasters.

In Britain, ioko has supported most of the major broadcasters and platform providers like Sky in developing and deploying their own online video services. Internationally, we are working with some of the largest communications companies in the world, l i ke Vo d a fo n e, Vi m p e l c o m , AT&T and Verizon.

Our experience and expertise lies in specialist systems integration and operational management. We call it me d i a engineering. The powerful digital media platforms we create are flexible and configurable, constructed out of proven components, allowing our clients to innovate and differentiate.

They are also heavily integrated with our clients’ internal operational systems. As a result, although based on similar components, no two solutions are the same.

John Griffin: ‘Skills may be beyond the core competency of many broadcasters’

With the full support of Sky we are making the Sky Player platform, which we developed in partnership with them, available t o T V p l at fo r m o p e rat o r s i n other countries. This is a proven platfor m that can be rapidly deployed enabling broadcasters, cable companies and other payTV operators to launch over-thetop TV services in manageable timeframes. It is a framework which is intended to be tightly integrated with existing infrastructure and business systems as

a customisable solution, supported and maintained as a managed service.

Simply delivering online video is no longer the real challenge.

While other generic white label services may provide an apparently attractive approach, they may be ultimately inflexible with limited potential for further development and therefore fail to realise the potential gains that multi-platform on-demand TV offers the platform operator.

The problems generally arise further down the line when it becomes necessary to incorporate the online offering into the rest of the business operation. The Sky Player platform is designed to be integrated with existing back end systems and workflows. The modular design facilitates upgrades as requirements develop.

The benefits for broadcasters and platform operators combine the advantages of custom development with the rapid route to market of a proven platform.

They can gain from our digital experience while providing a service under their own brand and maintaining a connection with their customers. We allow b ro a d c a s t e r s a n d s e r v i c e providers to concentrate on what they do best and enable them to extend their businesses to multiple devices online.

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A touch of entertainment There’s more to IBC than meets the eye this year. Not only is there The Beach, The IBC Party and one of the most vibrant cities in E u ro p e o n yo u r d o o r s t e p, at IBC2009 there’s also an added element of fun.

Complementing the other attractions on the show floor this year is the Games Arena in Hall 11. In the arena you will find a bank of futuristic Play Station 3 ‘Racing Pods’, where you can link up and race against other IBC visitors. Each pod supports a 40 inch full high-definition Sony Bravia screen, Logi t e c h i n t e l l i g e n t wh e e l a n d pedals, integral lighting and integrated speakers for a thrilling s u r ro u n d - s o u n d ex p e r i e n c e.

There are also daily driving comp e t i t i o n s fo r v i s i t o r s a n d exhibitors with the latest Nintendo DSi up for grabs each day.

Visitor Racing Days run from Friday 11 to Monday 14 September 09:00 - 17:00, and Tuesday 15 September 09:00 - 15:00. The Exhibitor Racing Challenge will run on Tuesday 15 September 09:00 - 15:00.

Come along to Hall 11 and immerse yourself in the fun and games.

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Ecrin Systems goes Live

by Ian McMurray Although Ecrin Systems has been in business for almost 20 years, it was only in June this year that it announced its first products sp e c i f i c ally designed for the broadcast industry.

Ecrin says that LiveStream brings a real change from conventional digital video to video over IP: it is the convergence of professional video with the world of telecommunications. LiveStream is a range of H.264 AVC/HD video appliances comprising two se t s o f encoders, one set of decoders and one transrater.

They encode and decode the H.264 video format to SD and HD, and transcode MPEG-2 video format to H.264 format.

T h e y a l so encode audio to MPEG-1 Layer2, AAC 2.0 or

AC3 5.1 formats.

The transrater version allows H.264 broadcast quality video at data rates from 20Mbps down to 10Mbps – without, says Ecrin, major impact on image quality. It is intended for ISPs and telcos to

send video to mobile phones, for example, taking advantage of the reduction in bandwidth.

According to the developer, the main strengths of the LiveStream range are that it delivers high image quality even at low speed; that it – uniquely – transrates in a single device; that it transcodes IP to IP: that it features local and remote web interfaces; that it fea-

tures SNMP compatibility and security; and that its N+M redundancy allows realtime switching from one device to the other.

Available as standard in a 1RU/19-inch chassis, it is also available in 2RU or 4RU for more video inputs. The MMI on the front panel includes a keyboard and LCD display.

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Streaming live: LiveStream is one of the new products from Ecrin aimed at the broadcast industry

Channel hopping: the GefenTV Digital Audio Decoder

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It’s VOD time.

Ask your customers. Ask their kids. They want VOD, and they won’t take no for an answer.

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by Carolyn Giardina The recently released GefenTV D i g i t a l Audio Decoder with Dolby allows any movie or TV programme broadcasting in 5.1 D o l by digital audio to be decoded, and output in analogue two-channel format.

This allows the audio from a set-top box, media centre PC or component video source to be heard on an existing pair of analogue speakers.

“This is unique because it means you can listen to movies using just two speakers, while you still enjoy that surround sound feeling,” said Hagai Gefen, president and CEO of Gefen.

The Digital Audio Decoder provides two inputs (S/PDIF, TOSlink), and supplies a twochannel analogue audio output.

Users can switch between the two inputs. Gefen explained that with this feature, both a set-top box and a computer could be connected and switched to any twochannel audio system.

The decoder supports up to six channels of audio encoded in Dolby Digital and the company reckons that the decoder could help eliminate the need to upgrade a u d i o e quipment and could lengthen the lifespan of analogue audio systems.

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All in one transport hub

by Adrian Pennington Riedel Communications is celebrating the European debut of MediorNet a fibre optic signal transport solution for uncompressed multichannel HD/SD. MediorNet combines signal transport, routing and signal processing and conversion into one integrated realtime network.

Designed not just for point-top o i n t l i n k s bu t a s a n e t wo rk

daisy-chain or any combination, allowing bespoke system design.

The new product also includes software-based broadcast-quality processing and conversion on board.

“The software’s open structure enables the integration of future processing and conversion tools from Riedel or third party manufacturers supporting the MediorNet standard, without

MediorNet: one device for transport, routing, signal processing and conversion

solution, the product includes signal routing, allowing the user to send any incoming signal to any output or even to multiple outputs by just a mouse-click or by a router control system.

Each MediorNet mainframe p rov i d e s a ro u t e r fo r 3 2 x 3 2 720p/1080i signals, 184x184 SDSDI signals, 27,000x27,000 AES signals or any combination of these. It has an open network topology, supporting ring, star,

any changes to the hardware,” states the German-headquartered company. “Ultimately this will eliminate the need for external devices.”

Current features include a b ro a d c a s t q u a l i t y H D / S D up/down/cross converter with interlacing/de-interlacing, up/down-scaling, frame synchronis at i o n a n d a s p e c t r at i o conversion.

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White space wins award Each year, IBC awards a special prize to the author of what the peer review panel considers to be the paper in the technical conference that best combines innovative research with lucid explanation.

This year’s winner is Mark Wadell of BBC R&D. Space on the radio spectrum is in ever greater demand, with both broadcasters and new media developments keen to get space to deliver digital services. One solution has been to open up the so-called ‘white space’, the narrow bands of spectrum between channels.

providing professional, integrated solutions to broadcasters at every step along the broadcast chain.

Each of the three main brands is receiving a new logo and is being united under the group name WorldCast Systems.

Winner: Mark Wadell, BBC R&D

Ceremony on Sunday night at 18:30 (doors open at 18:15).

Adobe tells attendees a Flash Story

by Carolyn Giardina Adobe has released the beta version of Adobe Story, a collaborative script development tool that aims to help accelerate the process of turning screenplays into finished media. At its IBC stand, Adobe is also offering a sneak peak of Adobe Flash Access, the next version of the Adobe Flash Media Rights Management Server.

Adobe Story is designed to enable efficient production and

Audemat, APT & Ecreso rebrand

by David Davies T h e i n t e r n at i o n a l b ro a d c a s t group composed of Audemat, APT and Ecreso has unveiled a new group identity and updated image. The rebranding is designed to reflect the group’s strategy of

Wadell’s recent work has been concerned with the technical parameters affecting radio spectrum engineering and regulation, focusing on the challenges of using UHF white space without creating interference issues for established services. His very t i m e ly I B C p ap e r i s e n t i t l e d ‘Compatibility challenges for broadcast networks and white space devices’.

The paper will be presented during the Saturday morning technology session, and Wadell will collect his prize during the IBC Awards

Group president Bruno Rost commented: “The new WorldCast Systems name reflects our ability to supply complete turnkey broadcast systems to customers worldwide and our new image and branding reflects our professional, unified

post production workflows by capturing metadata at the pre-production stage.

Flash Access is developed for broadcasters, media companies, and advertisers, to help provide an interactive experience with access to premium content. Flash Access aims to help content providers to protect and monetise their content delivered through Adobe Flash Player.

Flash Access is a key part of the Flash Platform, which is a

complete system of integrated tools, frameworks, clients and servers for the development of web applications, content and video that runs across operating systems and devices.

According to the company, A d o b e F l a s h P l aye r c o n t e n t reaches over 98% of internetenabled desktops.

Adobe Flash Access is expected to be available in the first quarter of 2010.

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approach to the market. WorldCast Systems is a dynamic new force in the international broadcast market. We can harness the collective expertise and extensive product portfolio of several leading broadcast brands to offer our customers a complete service for their radio and TV installations.”

The WorldCast Systems name bears the strapline ‘deliver >

transmit > monitor’, outlining the three key areas of competency of the group. APT codecs deliver broadcast-grade audio and video between locations over a variety of different links, Ecreso transmitters offer professional and efficient distribution of radio and TV terres-

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The world at his feet: WorldCast Systems group president, Bruno Rost

trial signals, and the Audemat range provides a range of monitoring and measurement tools for a variety of broadcast technologies. The group also offers essential broadcast equipment such as audio processors, RDS encoders and remote facility management.

The launch of the new name and branding follows the acquisition in March this year of the Northern Irish-based company APT codecs, which completed the missing link between studio and transmitter site in the group’s expanding portfolio.

Rost will officially launch the new look at a celebration on the group’s srand tomorrow at 17.00.

Exhibition visitors should note that the group will be found in the exhibitor directory under ‘Audemat’.

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Vitec brandwagon’s on a roll

Brand master: Vitec’s Joop Jansen

by David Fox The Vitec Group will have 12 b ra n d s at the show, from Anton/Bauer to Vinten Radamec, and “having a high investment in research and development, there’s a lot of new stuff,” said Joop Ja n s e n , C EO of the Group’s Broadcast Systems Division.

One of its main focuses is on products that give a high return on

investment, and the other is on environmentally friendly products, such as Lite Panels’ LED lighting.

New at IBC will be Litepanels 1x1 Bi-Colour, an all-in-one variable-colour temperature light that provides HD-friendly, soft illumination from a 30x30cm array of LEDs (weighing 1.36kg). It uses both daylight (5600K) and tungsten (3200K) LEDs that can be adjusted to render any colour temperature in between, and maintain that colour balance during dimming (100% to 0%). There is also a new 1x1 Bi-Focus, with alternating banks of Flood and Spot LEDs, adjustable between flood and spot. Litepanels new MicroPro daylight on-camera light runs off standard AA or rechargeable batteries, offering soft, directional lighting. It is also showing a new SeaSun underwater light housing from HydroFlex for its lights.

Clear-Com will show its new Tempest2400 digital wireless inter-

com system, claimed to be the only one that offers worldwide, licensefree operation in the 2.4 GHz band. “It can co-exist with WiFi networks without interference, has more than 94dB dynamic range, very high signal-to-noise, and is very rugged,” said Jansen.

The latest version of its Concert IP-based intercom system (2.0), uses IV Core technology (patent pending), “which has very low latency and very high audio bandwidth. It only compresses the audio once and decompresses once, making it very scalable,” so that it can cope with a very high number of calls at the same time. “Mixing of the signals is done on the client side rather than on the server, which enhances scalability. No other system does that. It also saves money, as you can use standard corporate IP networks and still get very high quality.”

Vinten Radamec will show its new Fusion LCS control system, which is more flexible, allowing it to

Shifting production from good to great Moving to Automated Production Control forces a re-examination of your production workflow explains David Ross, chief executive officer, Ross Video In Jim Collins’ book Good to Great he uses the metaphor of a bus as a company. The first job of top management is to get the right people on the bus and then put that the right people in the right seats. This is the starting point to take the company from good to great. This same analogy fits well in a live production environment, especially when going through the process of automating.

Moving to Automated Production Control (APC) forces a reexamination of your production workflow. Many production workflows have evolved piecemeal over the decades as new equipment has been added, without a comprehensive management review of the processes involved. As technologists, we naturally spend more time evaluating the technology side of the equation and often forget about the people that will make the system work. A workflow review in the planning stage is critical in getting the most out of the APC transition.

As a starting point, it is important to evaluate your staff. Does your organisation have the right staff that will be capable of learning the skills and knowledge required to function in the new workflow environment? What about attitudes to change? Attitudes are very important in enabling an organisation to implement new technology that requires employees to adjust to new roles, use new tools and take on more responsibility.

Are your staff good team players? New teamwork between different players is a requirement in an integrated production workflow. What about your managers?

Have they been through a change management exercise before and are they capable of leading this or will they need help or training?

Suppliers are also of critical performance. In addition to offering an excellent technical solution, great suppliers will partner with you and each other to help you get

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David Ross: ‘Are your staff good team players?’

the most out of the solution. They form part of your extended team.

Does the supplier have the ability and personnel to help guide you through this process? Will they commit to your key deadlines?

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control robotic devices and CCUs in multiple facilities, with multiple users, at the same time. He sees big applications for it in parliament, religious or conference centres.

Vinten will have a new ENG tripod range, the Vision AS range, which replaces the existing Vision ra n g e a n d o ff e r s m a ny n ew ergonomic features, and a unique perfect balance system. “It really is an optimum tripod and head solution for the professional on the road,” he said.

Sachtler will have its new FSB 8 pan and tilt head, which will carry up to 9kg, and has 10-step counterbalance and 5-step damping. Also new is the Artemis EFP HD SE stabilisation rig, which is aimed at users of the RED ONE. Petrol will show a new inflatable camera bag, which will give greater protection to camcorders that have to be transported as checked luggage. When not in use it folds into a small pouch. Also new is the pillow steady bag, a camera bag that can be used as support on cars or rocks where you can’t use a tripod. og y t h at yo u h ave o r w i l l b e acquiring? Will they be around for the long term to support you?

As with the change to automated master control, APC is inexorably moving in. Now more that 20% of local newscasts in the US use automated production and are enjoying the benefits not only of staff efficiencies but also: better teamwork between editorial or production and on air staff, better control over the on-air product, faster response times to breaking news and a better overall understanding of their production organisation. The interest in Europe and other regions of the world is growing with a number of new installations just in the past year in the Netherlands, Denmark, Scandinavia and Ireland.

Implementing an APC system like Ross OverDrive can not only make productions more efficient but offers an opportunity to take your production organisation from good to great. Ensuring that you have the right people on the bus and the right people in the right seats is key to getting all of the potential benefits of an automated production control system.

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Vi t e c ’s b at t e r y b r a n d , Anton/Bauer, will show a new high-current draw Li-ion battery, the Dionic HC, which is capable of up to 10Amps of current draw. This is aimed at cameras like the Sony F35, which have a very high current draw at boot up. “This battery is the only one that can do that in a small package,” he claimed.

There is also a new Battery Management System, which will help lengthen battery life and maximise performance, as well as provide detailed infor mation about each battery. It operates on the charger (existing chargers can be upgraded), and can send users an email with the battery status.

Vitec is also providing a lot of equipment for IBC’s new Production Village, which is something Jansen has wanted to see at IBC for a couple of years “to attract the new cameramen and new broadcasters to the show; to not only see what’s out there but to get training from experts. It could be a good fit and a good purpose for the IBC.” 9.D28

IBC Training Zone comes into focus

Quench your thirst for knowle d g e a n d t a ke a dva n t ag e o f learning new skills in the Post P ro d u c t i o n Tr a i n i n g Z o n e s.

Stroll along to Hall 7 for your chance to work on new generation 34 inch iMacs and use the very latest software – including a brand-new version of Final Cut P ro S u i t e. E n j oy u p - t o - t h e minute desktop training techniques today from Apple (14:00 and 16:00), Adobe (13:00 and 15:00) and Maxon (17:00).

There are also Hall 7 exhibitor presentations from Digital Rapids (13:00), Orad Hi Tec Systems (14:00), Tiger Technology (15:00) and VidiGo/ Delta Solutions (16:00). This is your first opportunity to see what the Training Zone has to offer: it is free to all visitors and is sure to be a talking point by the end of the week.

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Polecam in 7th Heaven

by Adrian Pennington Polecam is demonstrating 7th Heaven, said to be the world’s longest portable camera rig. The 7th Heaven incorporates seven rigid carbon-fibre elements which interlock to achieve an 8 metre reach. It gives programme-makers the freedom to elevate their camera from ground level to 8 metres ab ove t h e tripod pivot while retaining total control of boom angle, camera pan/tilt and camera ascent/descent speed. “Like the standard 6 metre Polecam, 7th Heaven can be carried anywhere and set up or dismantled in less than 10 minutes without need for spanners, screwdrivers or any other assembly tools,� explained founder and managing director, Steffan Hewitt. “An ordinary heavyweight camera crane would typically need the best part of an hour. The 6m span

is ideal for most practical purposes but the 7th Heaven’s eight metre reach allows much closer wildlife shooting where you want to get near your subject without risk of being eaten. It also has obvious advantages for live events such as concerts or sports, and at crowded news briefings where you can go clean over the heads of other reporters.�

The accessory is made possible by a new formulation of highrigidity carbon-fibre elements, also now supplied as standard with the five-element Polecam rig.

Using a combination of laminated and spun carbon-fibre with 24% more fibre, the new formulation delivers a 15% increase in boom stiffness. It is fully compatible with all standard Polecam accessories including heads, underwater housings, HD and SD cameras, CCUs and recorders.

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7th Heaven also retains the internal ducts and total freedom from stabiliser stanchions that allow wiring to be routed inside the rig rather than left exposed to snagging or physical abuse.

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Migration from tape-based processes to achieve efficiencies is more important than ever says Julius Perl, VP operations and marketing, Volicon The world economy has obviously had a huge impact on the business of broadcasting and has forced companies to cut operational costs and streamline operations more efficiently. Moving away from analogue, tape-based methods is more important than ever for cost savings and efficiencies, which is a big reason why our solutions are becoming more attractive.

As a further hedge against the d ow n t u r n , b ro a d c a s t e r s a re looking for ways to repurpose their web or mobile content and monetise it in order to create new revenue streams and stay profitable. We see this emerging trend as a unique opportunity to introduce new workflows and formats for the mobile television b ro a d c a s t e r, a l l w i t h i n t h e Observer product line.

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In addition, HDTV continues to build momentum throughout Europe. As HD content continues to proliferate and viewers become more discriminating, easy-to-use tools for validating and confirming picture quality are become more important than ever.

Our flagship product the Observer video monitoring system, is the first to provide HD monitoring, so we feel we’re well positioned for this opportunity. Observer continuously records as-aired programming from multiple channels and lets operators access specific video clips quickly and easily from anywhere in the operation, using a web browser.

Also, there is definite movement worldwide for non-broadcasters, such as government agencies and advertising firms, to adopt tools

Julius Perl: ‘The economy is forcing traditional broadcasting to disappear’

like the Observer for media monitoring. These organisations need very powerful, scalable systems that can monitor thousands of channels at once for such applications as enforcing compliance with regulations regarding political advertising. We began seeing a larger presence from governments at IBC last year, and we expect this to grow even further this year.

The biggest threat to the future of the ‘traditional’ broadcast industry remains the economy. The downturn is forcing traditional broadcasting as we know it to disappear. Companies have to re-engi-

IBC is using a new badge system this year, which will be more convenient for everyone and more informative for exhibitors and the organisers tracking attendance.

Picking up your badge is simple.

On arrival at the RAI you will be directed to one of the registration areas.

Wi t h yo u r online registration you will have been s e n t a b a rc o d e, and it will speed t h e p ro c e s s u p immensely if you have that ready.

In the registration area, scan the barcode and your badge will be printed in seconds.

Not registered yet? You can register on site, of course, or you c a n s t i l l re g i s t e r o n l i n e at www.ibc.org/register. The full neer the way they do business in order to cut costs, work more efficiently, and stay profitable. The digital/HD revolution is here to stay, and broadcasters must abandon those analogue, time-consuming tape-based processes if they want to stay successful. Broadcasters are losing more and more ad revenues to outlets such as cable and the internet, which is requiring them to explore other content delivery platforms and find new ways to leverage and distribute their media assets.

Nonetheless we’re very excited about our presence at IBC this year. We will have a larger booth and will be showing some powerf u l n ew a dd - o n t o o l s fo r t h e Observer that make it easier to repurpose video content in several different formats, do discrepancy reporting, and also flag and access specific audio cues when they appear in a broadcast – a valuable asset for media monitoring.

We are seeing real traction for our solutions in EMEA markets including M6, UPC, Rotana, Skai, and Ibis, with multiple new customers and distributors signed up within the last six months. We are excited about the opportunity to talk about our recent successes in Europe with new prospects at IBC. 7.H35

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range of badges is still available, including exhibition only attendance and a number of options for conference sessions, including the IBC Gold Pass. This gives you exclusive access to VIP benefits on top of all conference sessions, from a dedicated fast track

registration area to an exclusive lounge with refreshments and WiFi connectivity.

Information on the Gold Pass and all other IBC badges is found at www.ibc.org/register, or you can talk to the team at the on-site registration desks.

Adtec’s zero configuration

by Ian McMurray Adtec Digital has adopted zeroconfiguration networking technology, streamlining the setup and configuration process. Adtec devices will dynamically install themselves on the host network with minimal operator input.

Zero-configuration networking technology enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks, and is most useful when a network is comprised of many Adtec devices. It provides a dynamic look-up table for any unit which is announcing itself to the network. The benefit is that the user does not necessarily need to know the IP address of the unit. Simply clicking on the link causes the web browser to forward the user to the configuration and control application for that device.

The company is also introducing the edje 5110-RM standard definition MPEG-2 encoder, a broadcast quality encoder for contribution and distribution applications.

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VFX adds SpycerBox EVS packs a punch with enhancements

by Carolyn Giardina Commercial post production company VFX in Vienna has integrated DVS’ SpycerBox SAN in its workflow.

At VFX the SpycerBox provides storage for both online and offline editing systems. In the online process two Avid DS and an Avid Symphony are connected to the SpycerBox SAN via Fibre Channel, while in the offline workflow the Avid Media Composer is attached via Gigabit Ethernet.

SpycerBox processes data up to 2k.

Enabling file-sharing, a virtual Avid volume on the SpycerBox is connected to Avid editing workstations via TCP/IP network. This volume allows for parallel accessing of the same content without the clients overwriting their proj-

ect database. Film data that does not need to be available as online material will be backed up on the storage system.

All workstations can access the SpycerBox not only as a SAN system, but also as a NAS. Said VFX CEO, Christian Vollenhofer: “With DVS’ SpycerBox we found the ideal system for our workflow, since it combines several functions in one unit. SpycerBox allows us the opt i mu m flexibility when designing our infrastructure, and, on top of that, offers highest performance up to 2k content. Moreover, the Spycer management software of the SpycerBox has established itself as a very important tool when handling RED data in our workflow.”

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Spyce rack: the DVS SpycerBox SAN

by Farah Jifri Alongside a number of new products EVS is showing the latest upgrades for OB production and live sports applications on its XT[2] production server. The addition of Multicam10 software offers advanced capabilities to all existing XT[2]-LSM, including full control of ultra-motion and hypermotion HD cameras and the new offside line creator tool. EVS has also made add-on graphic tools available for the first time on all its standard RemoteLSM controllers.

EVS is also demonstrating live a HD 3D replay and slow motion solution using the XT[2]-LSM. Also on view is the company’s IPEdit on-the-fly editing system which the vendor says is ideal for fast turnaround editing and quick programme fixing during live events. IPEdit offers realtime editing capability without the need rendering.

Visitors to the stand can also see EVS’ studio production platfor m and cost-effective VTR replacement offerings which are geared up to specifically meet the needs of studio broadcasters and producers looking for affordable alternatives to existing tape-based production workflows.

Among recent additions to the EVS product line-up is the new XS

multiformat Studio Server, a 2-/4- MAM, post production, ENG filechannel server designed for tapeless based camcorders) and control, as ingest, production, and playout in a well as speed and reliability. studio environment. XS supports all major acquisition and delivery formats, including a large number of natively-supported SD and HD codecs.

The server also delivers effective levels of speed alongside networking, control, and media reviewing capability.

New at the show f ro m E V S i s t h e I N S I O 1 . 0 0 mu l t i camera ingest control software application. It provides TV production teams with instant control over an unlimited number of cameras during recording.

INSIO also provides additional Second that motion: new capabilities functions such as review, clip cre- have been added to the XT[2]-LSM ation, and descriptive metadata EVS’ CleanEdit NLE is fully inclusion, and offers a high level of integration with post produc- integrated into this new production suite. IBC provides visitors to the tion systems.

Making its debut at IBC09 is stand an opportunity to see the latEVS’ new HD/SD branded news est version (3.00) at IBC which can and highlights production suite be integrated with any existing which includes version 3.00 of XT[2] or XS production server.

EVS is also showing its new CleanEdit NLE. The new softwarecentric offering is designed for fast- XT2web, which gives broadcasters paced news and sport production instant access to remote content environments and offers multifor- located on any XT[2] server for promat support, third-party integra- duction, review, and control actions. tion (NRCS, archive, automation, 8.B90

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theibcdaily In Brief Gefen’s new switcher Gefen is showing its new 2x1 DisplayPort Switcher using DisplayPort connectivity, which gives access to two computers using one keyboard/mouse connected through a USB 2.0 port, and supplies a mini-phone stereo 3.5mm connector for audio. The switch between computers is instant, and controlled by IR remote or front panel button. Meanwhile, two new Gefen converters now work with 3G SDI, allowing 1080p HD to be transmitted over a single link cable. A new 3G SDI to HDMI v1.3 converter connects a 3G SDI source to a consumer display using HDMI v1.3, while the HDMI v1.3 to 3G SDI converter integrates a consumer video source using the HDMI v1.3 format with a professional SDI display. Dual 3G SDI outputs are provided.

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Sapec wins encoder order Sapec has signed an agreement with Alcatel-Lucent for the supply of fourteen Sivac 3000 video encoders, designed and developed with proprietary technology by Sapec. The agreement was reached after the Sivac 3000 had passed a video quality test - undertaken by the technical staff of Alcatel-Lucent to verify the reliability and quality of the equipment. The Sivac 3000 directly supports the transmission of multiple programmes via PDH, ensuring link scalability and better bandwidth usage, according to the company, without requiring additional adaptors or multiplexers.It can be controlled via a browser interface or managed centrally with other network equipment via the Sivac NMS 1000 management system.

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Utah Scientific in control Utah Scientific is introducing the UCP-MV Visual Control Panel at IBC, offering a new approach to router interface design.

The panel uses two touchscreen LCD monitors to combine monitoring and control functions on a highly flexible 3RU panel. The left-hand panel displays a mosaic of thumbnails of the video on eight router inputs. The system automatically compensates for SD or HD signal formats and can display any mixture of sources in the two formats.

The right-hand display shows a full-screen picture of the source selected on the touchscreen. Audio monitoring for that source is also provided on the panel.

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Arris demonstrates compliance

The Arris C4 CMTS is said to deliver 99.999% uptime

by Ian McMurray Many cable television operators employ systems compliant with DOCSIS – the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification, originally introduced in 1997 which defines the communications and operation support interface requirements for a data over cable system. The latest version is DOCSIS 3.0, and Arris is using IBC to showcase products that comply with the standard.

The Arris end-to-end DOCSIS 3.0-based IP Variable Bit

Rate (VBR) Video Delivery system consists of the next generation MDX VBR VOD server, the DOCSIS 3.0 C4 CMTS, which is capable of bonding multiple downstream channels into one very high speed broadband connection, and an in-home cable router/modem. It allows an operator, says the company, to cost effectively deploy DOCSIS, Packe t C abl e, D S G / A D S G, a n d PCMM services and is said to deliver 99.999% system availability with a self-healing design that

Avid updates Interplay and editing tools

by Carolyn Giardina Avid has arrived at IBC with its new brand identity and restructured organisation, as well as product updates.

The new branding, launched earlier this year, was initiated to underscore the integration of the company’s Avid, Digidesign, MAudio, Pinnacle Systems and Sibelius units into one company.

The latest restructuring aligns Avid according to key customer segments, from home enthusiasts to media enterprises.

At IBC, Avid is showing Interp l ay 2 . 0 , d eve l o p e d t o o ff e r extended WAN access to Avid Interplay outside the production network. Avid reported that this new software version would provide journalists, producers and editors in broadcast and post access to media assets from anywhere, at any time.

This would allow journalists to work remotely on tasks previously done within the station, as well as deliver remote access to systems at a different location. As a result,

Enjoy the IBC ride Getting from A to B can sometimes be confusing, expensive and frustrating. IBC intends to make sure your ride to anywhere is as easy as possible. Once again, IBC will be partnering up with the city authorities and providing all visitors with free transportation, directly to the RAI until Tuesday. The free shuttle service will be running back and forth from Schiphol airport to the RAI. The main pick up and drop off point is located at the entrance and registration point, on the south side of Hall 11.

For those of you not aware or if you have only just registered, registration also covers five days of free travel on the bus and tram services operated by GVB. These tickets (sponsored by the Amsterdam tourist authority iAmster-

dam) are available from any registration desk or RAI Info Point, along with a GVB guide of route maps and tram schedules.

During peak times (08:00 12:00 and 16:00 - 19:00) the trams will be running every five minutes – and if you are staying near the central station or in the east of the city centre, you may be better off t rave l l i n g o n t h e ‘ s n e l t ra m ’ (metro) line ‘51’, as it is a lot faster and much less crowded than the conventional 4 and 11 trams. It leaves from the RAI station, which is only a five-minute walk from the RAI. Follow the crowd: you will not get lost. Schedule leaflets will be available on-site and in the designated hotels.

If you enjoy the outdoor air, you can always try travelling by

the resources housed across a network would be immediately accessible for review and logging prior to the step of transferring assets to a local system on either end of the process. The goal is to have material logged and marked earlier, for more efficient time-to-air production and group operation.

Avid’s editing line – Media Composer/Symphony 4.0 and NewsCutter 8.0 – gains a new mix and match feature developed to offer broadcast quality conversions in realtime, enabling post customers and broad-

maintains system services without interruption.

Release 7.1 brings a number of new features, such as IP Detail Records (IPDR/SP), OSPF in five VRFs, 802.1Q VLAN tagging, SII Lawful Intercept, and scaling to 20,000 subscriber devices. The C4 CMTS is, says Arris, the most dense DOCSIS 3.0 system available.

Arris and OpenTV are jointly presenting a demonstration of their next generation linear television ad platform, which the company says revolutionises traditional ad insertion technologies and is designed to make TV advertising more relevant, accountable and dynamic.

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Features include native supp o r t fo r G F C A M 1 0 0 m b p s decode with Avid Media Access; Panasonic AVC-I encoding and the ability to monitor and output NTSC from 1080p24 projects.

For 3D stereo production, Media Composer 4.0 features improvements to its stereoscopic e d i t i n g c ap ab i l i t i e s. I t a l s o includes Mac support for Pro Tools Video Satellite.

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bicycle. It’s not only fun but also probably the cheapest way to travel – and surely the healthiest. Amsterdam is popular for its c yc l i n g a n d i f yo u have been here before, you will know why!

Bicycles are available for rent at most railway s t at i o n s, b i ke dealers, repair shops and rental agencies in t ow n . P r i c e s va r y Ticket to RAI: Free service for IBC according to location and quality of the bicycle, as well advantage of the cabs. Licensed as the demand for rentals at any taxis in Amsterdam are generally particular time of the year. Dur- modern, comfortable and available ing IBC, you can expect to pay at all designated taxi ranks, costing between €5.90 per day or €41 per approximately €1.50 per km, day week for a standard model. If you or night. If you fancy hailing a taxi do choose this method of travel, then make your way to the RAI then expect to show some form of taxi designated point by Hall 11.

Whatever method of travel you identification and leave a deposit.

But if you enjoy having a chauf- choose, sit back and enjoy the ride feur, then you can always take to IBC.

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AJA sends clear signal to Gray TV Many things to many people: AJA Video Systems FS1

by Carolyn Giardina AJA Video Systems multiformat FS1 frame synchronisers are in

use at the 36 network member stations owned by Atlanta-headquartered broadcast company

Gray Television. The FS1 is a universal HD and SD, audio and video frame synchroniser and converter supporting virtually any input or output format.

Gray Television has already purchased more than 130 FS1 converters for its stations, and several more are on order via local AJA reseller Professional Video Supply.

“AJA tools fill in the gaps for us,” said Jim Ocon, Gray Televisions VP of technology. “The FS1 save money and make money, and which suppliers are bestsuited to partner with them for the long term.

Exhibitor Q&A Richard Scott, vice president, EMEA operations, Harris Broadcast Communications

What do you think are the key developments in, or threats to, your market sector at the current time?

The market is seeking manufacturers that provide the right answers for multiplatform delivery in areas such as IPTV, DVB-T and mobile TV, and applications such as digital signage. These emerging business models present new opportunities for the broadcast customer to provide more content in a multi-distributed way and, most importantly,

Has IBC come at a good time for the electronic media industry?

Why? We see signs that investments in several key categories are continuing despite the financial traumas of the last year or so.

Broadcasters are coming to IBC09 seeking more than point products. IBC offers a platform to help broadcasters understand how end-to-end broadcast solutions can help them

Flexibility: key to new markets Chris Wright, manager of Telestream’s Central and Eastern Europe business, discusses how a flexible infrastructure can unlock new market opportunities Every business year presents its own unique challenges but this year the industry faces a collection of what seem to be conflicting messages. The economic downturn has many asking where costs can be cut, operating expenses lowered, and budgets reduced. But at the same time there is evidence that certain market segments are on the rise. Content consumption continues to increase and demand is high. IPTV, UGC and socialdriven networking is expanding the reach of audio and video beyond the traditional realm of broadcast and cable.

There is a natural urge for caution and hesitation to invest just at a time when the equivalent of a bargain fire sale for entry into new market segments is underway.

How much does it cost to produce user-generated content? Does a tweet on Twitter create demand or consume company resources? Just like the stock market, our industry shows evidence of success in buying low and selling high. How? Technology and creat ive resources can be efficien t ly merged. When they are, you can become a player in these new and growing markets for a fraction of

the cost it took to become a broadcaster. Wise investments can be made today to open the door for huge economies of scale where value can be added to both new and existing media assets.

If the adage ‘all politics is local’ is true, then there is much to be said about the value of localised or personalised media content. Technology exists on the floor of this year’s IBC to add value to what you already have. There is an opportunity every time an asset is accessed, c o p i e d , m ove d , o r eve n c o n verted. At the point where value

is extremely versatile and is able to be many things to many people. Our station engineers have put it to myriad usesas a r outer, to handle cross-conversions and as a frame synchroniser, just to name a few.

“From where I’m sitting, my favourite feature of the FS1 is the fact that its a low-cost converter,” Ocon continued. “It’s possible to spend thousands on conversions, so when you can find something that handles multiple jobs on the fly without having to make timeconsuming reconfigurations, you definitely stick with it.”

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Why should delegates visit your stand at IBC? Harris is using IBC09 to not only demonstrate our commitment to the industry, but also to showcase our world-class integrated broadcast solutions.

Customers will see that Harris is very well-positioned – continuing to invest in our business internationally and offering an unrivalled portfolio of solutions from media and workflow to transmission and networking to broadcast infrastructure and branding.

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Planning infrastructure to be flexible enough to meet these new production challenges means going beyond the idea of ‘just enough to do the job’ or processing a static list of formats and codecs. In the past, it was easy enough to just buy two VTRs when you needed one as a backup.

But in the digital age of file-based workflows, the requirement to plan for flexibility and future change in the market is the equivalent of buying all the versions of tape for mats which have ever existed all at once. The key to be able to service diverse markets like broadcast, the internet and the unknown ‘market X’ of the future will be to have an intelligent and flexible infrastructure in place. Or, to put it another way, ‘everything in and anything out.’

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Mediaedge adds H.264

by David Fox The latest version of Grass Valley’s Mediaedge digital signage and ondemand content delivery platform now has support for H.264 MPEG-4 compression, which will enable it to store and distribute more HD content from a single server. The system’s set-top player also has an HDMI output, which will allow it to work with many more HD displays.

Mediaedge4 is claimed to make content ‘easier to locate, schedule, and playout for a variety of VoD and point-of-presence display applications – all while leveraging the cost advantages of a standard IT infrastructure’. The new Mediaedge4 set-top box decodes H.264 plus MPEG-2 content from existing Mediaedge3 systems, although the move to H.264 will allow users to lower data rates by about 30%.

“With the latest version of Mediaedge, users can make better use of their network distribution pipeline and the hard disk space on the server,” said Jeff Rosica, senior VP of Grass Valley. “It will help a variety of applications get the most value for their investment and launch new services quickly and cost-effectively.”

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Chris Wright: ‘Technology exists to add value to what you already have’

The challenge for us all, manufacturer and customer alike, is the speed at which this change is happening. Entire broadcast facilities are being planned and taken online sometimes in just weeks when it used to take months or even years. Technical developments are needed yesterday when the ink on the drawing is not yet dry. Yes, the digital age is upon us.

Files are here to stay. It should come as no surprise that things are moving faster. Now more than ever, making informed, intelligent decisions to get high returns on investment is the key to successfully entering the new markets while consistently earning money in your existing ones.

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Taking the plunge: RAI’s coverage of the recent RINA World Championships in Rome

by David Fox Fo r t h e re cent FINA World C ha m p i o nship swimming in

Rome, RAI International chose Fischer Connectors for its connections during the more than 1400

hours of coverage it supplied so some 50 stations worldwide.

Because the sports complex used for the championships was used for a major tennis event just before the watersports started, RAI had very little time to set up and install more than 300km of cable and 70 cameras, including six on rails, three underwater, and four cameras suspended over the pools on wires to follow the swimmers.

T h e c a m e r a s a n d R A I ’s mobile units were equipped with Fischer Connectors 1053 HDTV, 1051 Triax and multi-pole connectors. “Fischer’s durable connectors and cable assemblies are so difficult to damage that they work perfectly for these types of environments,” explained Salvatore Brambilla, Fischer Connectors’ managing director.

RAI International has been using Fischer’s connectors for almost twenty years.

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Canal Digital opts for Pace MultiDweller

by Ian McMurray Norway’s Canal Digital will be the first customer of Pace’s new MultiDweller technology, using Pace’s MultiDweller equipment to enhance its pay-TV operations in the Scandinavian market. MultiDweller will also simplify the delivery of HD and other advanced television services, says Pace, helping the operator to increase its reach across hard-to-reach multidwellersubscribers in the Nordic market.

Pace Networks has been collaborating with Canal Digital on

the development of the MultiDweller for the past two years as a means for the operator to expand the availability of pay-TV services to more users.

The Pace MultiDweller platform is a last-mile technology solution for the distribution of digital TV and broadband, reducing the need for modifications or cabling upgrades and, according to Pace, making it a cost-effective way of creating high-speed, bi-directional networks out of any existing wired TV distribution infrastructure. It is

GlobalStreams joins elQuip

The GlobeCaster studio-in-a-box: does exactly what it say on the tin

by Adrian Pennington GlobalStreams is demonstrating GlobeCaster studio-in-a-box at IBC. The multifunctional digital video creation device integrates an automated switcher, realtime editor, CG, DVE, DDR, still store, chroma keyer, animator/paint box and deck control in one unit.

Additional to this for IBC2009 is new GlobeCaster 3.5 software

designed to offer complete crossplatform flexibility for operators, and is compatible with satellite, cable, terrestrial and IP. Pace says that it overcomes the challenges associated with MDUs by receiving input signals from these sources and switching them onto local distribution networks to reach enduser devices. It then uses existing infrastructure to permit multi-play services to be carried over coaxial cables without labour intensive and costly infrastructure modification.

1B19 adding support for multiple audio tracks in the editor and support for the new keyer frame store. The device now supports HD formats for input and output.

The GlobeCaster is the centrepiece of a practical studio setup on the elQuip AVM stand which demonstrates how Boxx wireless camera links and Camlinx fibre based camera connections, giving ENG cameras full studio functionality.

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Cisco addresses central needs of service providers

by Ian McMurray Cisco believes that virtualisation of content, infrastructure and services allows service providers to scale and manage the complexity of their infrastructure in a cost-effective manner, and scale their content libraries and increase service velocity across all markets by inserting content once and rolling it out in many markets simultaneously.

Thus, Cisco Media Data Centre, which addresses the needs of the converged digital workflow, IT business systems and crossmedia applications to boost creativity and innovation, to enable new ways to collaborate within the organisation and with the ecosystem, to build a new relationship with the audience and to create an agile and efficient organisation.

Cisco Unified Service Delivery (USD), meanwhile, is a solution that represents a significant evolution of service delivery. It unifies c o m p u t e, L A N, a n d s t o rag e

resources virtually within and between data centres, which helps organisations optimise resource utilisation, cut costs, reduce set-up time, and deliver services securely and more efficiently.

The company believes that the evolution to medianets will create new revenue streams for service providers beyond current subscription-based models and increasing average revenue per user. Alternative business mode l s t h at c a n b e re a l i s e d w i t h medianets include transactionb a s e d , r e v e nu e s h a r i n g a n d advertising-based models, says the company.

With targeted advertising solutions, such as the Cisco Content Delivery System (CDS) and D i g i t a l C o n t e n t M a n ag e r (DCM), Cisco says that service providers have the ability to offer personalised advertisements b a s e d o n c o n s u m e r p ro f i l e s, demographics and video consumption behaviour.

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Bradley’s remote fibre links

Dual pricing: David Bradley with the Dual Channel Fibre remote and main unit, which he claims is particularly good value

by David Fox Bradley Engineering has launched a new, SMPTE-standard Dual Chan-

nel Fibre system for remote camera applications. It can send two channels of HD-SDI or SDI over a fibre optic cable, with remote power and data. It comes with a standard Lemo connector (although other versions will be available to order).

Either channel can be reversed, so you can have a remote camera in a commentary position and use the second channel to send the commentator pictures.

It will cost about €4,500 for the main unit and very small remote, and Bradley has already sold ten systems to Russian state TV for fitting in an OB truck being built by Sony.

Bradley is also showing a prototype of a new HD-SDI frame synchroniser, for cameras that c a n’t g e n l o c k . I t i s b a s e d o n Crystal Vision technology and is designed for use in a 3RU mini rack, making it suitable for use in an OB truck.

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theibcdaily In Brief OmniTek for Mediaplanet Slovakian internet HDTV company, Mediaplanet Studio, has purchased an Omnitek OTR 1003 3Gbps waveform monitor, signal analyser and generator.

The OTR 1003 – sold through OmniTek’s distributor Centron – will be used in conjunction with a Nevion HD/SD SDI router and 4-user Adder KVM switches. “The OTR 1003 is being installed as part of an upgrade to the A/V design of the TV Studio at Mediaplanet and will be used to monitor HDTV content including, talk shows, political discussions, documentaries and commercials,” said Richard Varkonda, consultant at Centrons. “We have had a good experience with the functionality, easy integration and upgradeability of the OTR 1003.”

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IDC supports 3D rollout As part of its digital cinema service offering, OpenSky has formed the 3D Stereoscopic Group (3DSG), a partnership with dBW Communication and Eutelsat for the end-to-end production and distribution of 3D live events across Europe. What’s more, OpenSky is using IDC’s SuperFlex Pro Cinema product line for its digital cinema network rollout. The Pro Cinema product line is a family of modular products that the company says can easily be configured to provide a range of end-to-end solutions for the delivery of filebased movies and live events over a broadband satellite network. The product line features open standards including the latest DVB-S2 broadcast technology with a variety of encryption options and plug and play interoperability with terrestrial IP networks.

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Tempest storms into free WiFi waveband

Wireless fidelity: the new Clear-Com Tempest2400 wireless intercom system with beltpacks

by David Fox The new Tempest2400 wireless intercom system from Clear-Com Communication Systems operates in the license-free frequency band used by WiFi networks, but is claimed to be ‘fundamentally immune to inference’ thanks to its unique RF architecture. It also has an extremely high audio

dy n a m i c s r a n g e ( > 9 4 d B ) t o allow it it to function well in high-noise environments.

I t c a n c ove r a w i d e a re a , indoors or outdoors, and has ‘one of the longest beltpack-to-base station distances currently available,’ along with an RF range that h o l d s s t e a dy a s t h e u s e r approaches its edge.

“Once registered to a base station, a Tempest2400 beltpack needs no further configuration and roams freely within a single zone, making it perfect for productions requiring quick set-up a n d t a ke d ow n ,” e x p l a i n e d Clear-Com product manager, Chris Barry. “This makes it a tremendous asset for broadcasters covering live events. It was designed from the ground up to function well in these types of environments.”

Each Tempest base station supports up to five full-duplex, four audio-channel digital wireless beltpacks; by stacking up to 10 base stations together, 50 independent, full-duplex wireless beltpacks can operate in a single system.

Its 2xTX Transmission Voice Data Redundancy sends each packet of audio data twice on different frequencies, and through

DMC creates special channel for IBC

by Ian McMurray The Digital Media Centre (DMC) is to demonstrate remote playout and digital delivery of TV content at IBC2009. The DMC will transfer video content from IBC, via the internet, back to the DMC headquarters (also in Amsterdam) and then broadcast the feed back to the RAI via satellite, where it will be aired at DMC plans to demonstrate the speed and effectiveness of the DMC stand. remote playout and digital delivery

T h e p ro c e s s w i l l demonstrate, according to the company, the speed a n d e ff e c t i v e n e s s o f remote playout and digital delivery.

The DMC will also transmit Sport1 coverage of an English Premier League match to its stand on Saturday 12 September. Guests will be invited to join DMC for a drink whilst soaking up the action.

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It can interoperate with other Clear-Com intercom systems through four-wire and two-wire connections, as well as those from other manufacturers.

Other features include iSelect Roaming, allowing beltpack users to move from one studio to the next and quickly switch to a different base station; T-Desk software, for PC-based control and configuration; an optional remote transceiver that allows remote antenna placement up to 450m from the base station; data connection and power supplied over standard CAT5e/6 cable with lightweight, fast-charging Lithium Polymer batteries in the beltpack; and access to one of six relay clos u re s f ro m t h e b e l t p a c k a n d vibrating call alert. Beltpacks can also use AA batteries.

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IBC Social Programme

If you are visiting Amsterdam as the partner of a gold or silver pass conference delegate, you may be interested in the IBC Social Programme. This year there are two day trips for partners, on Saturday and Sunday.

The trip on Saturday is a study in contrasts. After meeting for coffee the party will head by coach to Rotterdam, once known j u s t a s a h a r b o u r bu t n ow a bustling centre of exciting modern architecture and design.

Towering over the city and commanding fine views is The Euromast: 100 metres above the city is the restaurant, designed by leading Dutch trendsetter Jan des Bouvrie. The group will take l u n c h h e re, l o o k i n g ove r t h e bustling city of Rotterdam.

By contrast, in the afternoon t h e t o u r c o n t i nu e s t o t h e Kinderdijk area, home to more traditional windmills than anywhere else in the world. These are polder mills, built to help drain the farmland lying below sea level.

There will be time to tour a windmill as well as browse the shops before returning to Amsterdam.

The Sunday programme takes us north to the Zuiderzee region of the Netherlands, where the group will get plenty of time to appreciate the Westfrisian landscape as it rides a steam train from Hoorn to Medemblik.

Once there, lunch will be taken in an historic restaurant, Het Wapen van Medemblik, close to the harbour and the cheese market.

There is still time to register for the Social Programme: the desk is open in the Forum this afternoon from 15.00 to 17.30.

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AEQ showing latest on-air console

by David Davies AEQ is spotlighting the recentlyintroduced replacement for its highly successful BC-500 audio console, Opera.

Whilst incorporating the same basic specification as the BC-500, the Opera also provides a host of new technology and features. The result, says AEQ, is a desk that constitutes a “perfect fit� for radio broadcasters searching for high quality and durability.

I n c o r porating a modular design, Opera offers users the ability to configure the console to complement their own specific requirements. There are equalised

microphone/line modules, stereo dual line modules, input-output modules and output modules.

Using the standard configuration, Opera can be upgraded easily by adding new modules. In particular, AEQ highlights the digital

Cisco is fully media-aware

by Ian McMurray Cisco is demonstrating its IP Next-Generation Network (IP NGN), described by the company as a media-aware architecture that maintains quality of experience as the provider’s subscriber base and traffic demand grows. The company says that, with new for mats (including HDTV), increasing end user devices and much more dynamic channel line-ups, the need is clear for a multiformat, highly dynamic and easily managed digital video headend.

Cisco believes that its nextgeneration headend fits the bill: it is based on the flexibility of IP c o n n e c t iv i t y c o m b i n e d w i t h MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 video, advanced stream processing and intuitive, but powerful, management systems.

Features include the ROSA Video Service Manager, which provides service-level views combined with the power and reliability of the well established ROSA Network Management System; MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 transcoding; ‘next generation’ video encoding, with support for S D a n d H D, M P E G - 2 a n d MPEG-4; and MPEG-4 AVCbased ad insertion – without the need to decode.

Cisco Visual Quality Experience ( VQ E ) t e c h n o l og y addresses three significant challenges in the delivery of entertainment-grade IPTV services, according to the company. VQE supports network-based rapid c h a n n e l c h a n g e, v i d e o e r ro r re p a i r a n d p rov i d e s t o o l s t o monitor, in real time, the quality of the video experience on a persubscriber basis.

T h e c o m p a ny c l a i m s t h at VQ E r a d i c a l ly i m p rove s t h e quality of video and audio delivered to broadband IPTV customers without increasing network overheads.

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All inputs and outputs are balanced in Opera, which is available in a maximum chassis size of 17 inputs/outputs. Other features include: the ability to change the

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Weathering the storm

by Dick Hobbs “This is a long term business – not being at IBC this year would b e a m i s t a ke. We a re h e re t o demonstrate our strong commit-

ment to the market.”

So says Richard Scott, head of Harris Broadcast for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and one of the most well-known leaders in

the industry. Bucking the trend for a significant downturn in sales, Harris grew its business by 5% in the year to June 2009. “We are weathering the storm,” Scott said.

“We are taking the aggressive view,” he added. “We are continuing to invest, recruiting new sales and support staff, and open-

ing new regional offices. Our base in Munich opened earlier this ye a r, a n d t h e M o s c ow o ff i c e which will open soon.”

He also pointed to the new EMEA headquarters for Harris, currently nearing completion in the UK. This has been built with sustainability very much in mind:

Richard Scott: taking the aggressive view and continuing to invest

it exceeds European energy conservation guidelines by 50%. This commitment to good environmental practice is underlined by Harris’s sponsorship of the ‘green’ session in the IBC conference on Sunday afternoon.

Returning to business goals, the Harris plan is to maintain growth through gains in market share which, as Scott explained, can only be achieved by not just having the right product but by being able to deliver it when needed.

“We are seeing a tendency for mu c h l e s s n o t i c e o n p ro d u c t orders: big broadcasters are seeing a need to launch a new chann e l q u i c k ly, a n d d e m a n d p ro d u c t s t o g e t t h e m o n a i r equally quickly,” he said.

“So we are planning improvements in our supply chain, and investing in more inventory of relevant product lines,” Scott added.

“We would like to get to the position where we can say – on core infrastructure and video processing products which is where customers need really fast delivery – ‘your order will be ready in 24 hours or it is free’.”

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by Carolyn Giardina Cintel is showing working versions of the recently announced Ditto Evolution and ImageMill2 at IBC. Ditto Evolution is a modular and upgradeable film scanning system. It includes Ditto scanner features, including its interface and D/SCO dust/scratch concealment option. Additionally the new system offers a fast shuttle capability, non-pin registration mode for archive scanning and a 3.2D density range.

ImageMill2 is a new image processing platform that combines network capabilities and data file management with the capabilities of the current ImageMill.

Grace, Cintel’s noise and film grain management tool, will be available towards the end of the year with Steady, a realtime image stabilisation application and a new dust/scratch concealment option.

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A&C 11.E10 Aastrolight 11.G61 Aaton 6.A18 Abakus 11.G29 ABE Elettronica 8.D23 Abel DRM Systems 1.E95 Abit 8.A28a Accedo Broadband IP621 Ace Marketing 6.A29 Acetel Co 3.C41 Acorde 3.A40 ACS France OE104 Actia Sodielec 8.E43 Activa Multimedia 2.A50 ACTIVE CIRCLE 2.B39c Actus 2.A20 ADB Lighting Technologies 11.B68 Adder Technology 7.B33 ADI Video Technologies 5.A03 Adobe Systems 7.H23 Adtec Digital 1.D01 Advanced Broadcast Components 8.A19 Advanced Digital Broadcast – ADB 5.B48 Advantech Wireless Broadband 1.A11 AEQ 8.C53 Aeta Audio Systems 8.D70 Agama Technologies 4.A55 AIB (Association for International Broadcasting) 11.F02 Air Sea Land Gear 11.B89 AirTies Wireless Networks IP303 AJA Video 7.F11 Ajimi 5.B17a Akamai Technologies 7.K10 Alan Dick Europe 5.C02 Albiral Display Solutions 9.E35 Albis Technologies IP612 Albrecht Elektronik 10.A40 ALFACAM Group OE401 Allegro DVT 1.F90 Alpermann+Velte 9.E28 Altech UEC 4.B50 Altera 10.A10 Altermedia 9.C44 Alticast Corp 1.C35 Amberfin 7.A08f Ambient Recording 8.D79 AMD 7.H32 Amino Technologies 5.B40 Amos – Spacecom 1.C36 AnaCom 1.F41 Ancor 2.B31h Anevia 4.C56 ANNOVA Systems 10.D15 Anritsu 1.F29 ANT Group 8.C16 Antenna Research Associates (ARA) 9.E14 Antik Technology IP632 Anton/Bauer 9.D28b Anystream 1.C31 AP ENPS 7.D31 Apace Systems 7.K27 APANTAC 8.A98 APEXSAT 2.C59 Appear TV 1.A59 APRICO Solutions/My Personal TV DIGITAL

by Philips and Axel Springer 2.C58 APTX 8.A28b ArabSat 5.A19 Arbor Media 7.G15b Ardis Technologies 7.D12

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ARET video and audio engineering 10.D51/OE409 ARG 6.C28f Argosy 10.D55 Arion Technology 4.A79 arqiva 1.B61 ARRI 11.F21 ARRIS 1.F40 Artel Video Systems 8.E37 ASC Signal 1.E80 ASL Intercom 11.F58 Aspera 7.G11 ASSIMILATE 7.K01 ASTRA (SES ASTRA) 1.B51 ASTRO Design 11.D45 ATEME 1.D70 Atempo 7.K25 ATTO Technology 7.F41 Audemat 8.B58 Audio Developments 8.E87 Audio Ltd 8.D97 Audio-Technica 8.D78 Autocue 11.F71 Autodesk 7.D21 Autonomy Virage 1.A74 Autoscript 9.D28e Avanti Communications Group 3.C31 Avatar-M 7.A08e Aveco 3.B50 Avid 7.J20 Avinity Systems (Active Video Networks) 5.B46 Avitech International Corporation 11.E78 Aviwest 5.C25 AVL Technologies 5.A49 AVP Europa 10.E59 AVT Audio Video Technologies 8.E91 AWEX-Wallonia Foreign Trade and Investment Agency 10.D29 AWOX 2.C25 Axcera 5.C44 Axel Technology 8.E16 Axon Digital Design 10.A21/10.B21 Azden Corporation 8.B92 Azure Shine International 6.A29d

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B&H Photo Video, Pro Audio 10.A01 B21C 3.D06 Barco 1.B33 Barix 8.A38 BBC Research & Development 3.D09 BCE – Broadcasting Center Europe 5.C41 beeTV IP603 Beijing Feiyashi Technology Development 11.B53 Beijing Gefei Tech Co 8.A86 Beijing Phylion Battery Co 11.B12 Beijing Secnovo Co 11.A61 Bel Digital Audio 9.A59 Belco 8.A72 Belden 1.C21 BES and Media Products 10.C51 Best Boy 11.G35 BESTV 4.C50 beyerdynamic 8.D61 BFE Studio und Medien Systeme 9.E30 Bigband Networks 3.A25 Binocle 11.C60b Black Box Network Services 7.A11 Blackmagic Design 7.B21 BLANKOM Digital 1.F51 BLT Italia 8.A68/OE165 Blue Order Solutions 3.C40 BlueArc Corporation 7.C11 Bluebell Opticom 3.A68 Bluefish 444 6.A19 BlueShape 9.D50 Bluestreak Technology (Canada) IP613 bmcoforum M101

BNT Priboy 1.A97 BON ELECTRO-TELECOM 11.A60 Boom Audio & Video 11.C60a BOSCH Communications Systems 10.F38 Bradley Engineering 11.B39 Breeze Technologies 4.B79d Bretagne International 5.B17/8.E29 Brick House Video 8.B61 Bridge Technologies 1.A30 Bright Systems 7.J39 BrightSign DS5 British Kinematograph Sound & Television Society (BKSTS) 8.B95 Broad Telecom (BTESA) 8.D20 Broadata Communications 8.E79 Broadband Network Systems IP712 Broadcast Bionics 8.A20 Broadcast Electronics 8.C91 Broadcast India 2010 8.F58 Broadcast International 1.F59 Broadcast Microwave Services Europe 5.B30 Broadcast Pix 7.A15 Broadcast RF 1.F73 Broadcast Solutions 8.A22 Broadcast Solutions OE130 Broadcast Traffic Systems 3.B21 Broadcast-Associes 2.B31c Broadcom Corporation 5.A10 Bron Elektronik 11.G58 Bryant Broadcast 9.D55 Building4media 7.J30 Bulcrypt 4.C98 BW Broadcast 8.E71

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C & E Cast Co 3.A39/5.A31/5.B19/11.B70 Cabot Communications 1.F48 Caldigit 7.D03 Calibre UK 8.A28c Calrec Audio 8.B81 Cambo 11.E51 camRade 11.B40 Canford 9.E10 Canon Europe 11.E50 Carl Zeiss 11.C67 Cartoni 11.C30 Castis Co 2.C24a Cavena Image Products 2.A49 CCBN2010 8.F56 CCG 7.H47 Cedax 2.B31l CEITON technologies 3.A60 Celco 7.F45 Celeno IP551e Centron Communication (Xiamen) Co 6.A29b CET Teleport 3.C51 Chengdu KingType (KT) New Hi-tech 5.C49 Chenzhou GOSPELL Digital Technology Co 3.A30 China Farseeing Co 11.F83 China Ruige 9.C50 Christie 11.F61 Christy Media Solutions – Broadcast Recruitment Specialists 6.B22 Chyron 7.D11 Cine 60 11.B31 Cine Power International 11.F11 Cinegy 7.A31 Cinegy 7.A43 Cinetech Italiana 11.D41 CINE-TV broadcast systems 10.D28 Cintel International 7.B35 Cisco 1.D71 CityTek Co 11.A20 Civolution 5.B18 Clear-Com 9.E20b Clipway 7.G49 Clonwerk OE164 Clyde Broadcast Products 8.C01 CM M111

Cmotion 11.C25a Cobalt Digital 8.A94 Cobham Broadcast 1.F71 Cobham Satcom 4.C55 Codan 5.C29 Colem 6.C28a Commonwealth Broadcasting Association 10.A02 Communications Research Centre 3.D02 Compunicate Technologies 4.B71 Comrex 8.A17 Comtech EF Data 1.B11 COM-TECH High Freq and Broadcast 8.C25 Comtrend Corporation 4.C89 comvenient & Co KG 4.A57 Conax 1.A31 Concurrent 5.B16 Conducfil 8.E77 Cooke Optics 11.D10 Coolux 11.E80 Coreel Technologies 2.C39 Coretrust 5.B19b Coship Electronics Co 3.C35 Cotech 11.A54 Courtyard 8.E49 CP Cases 9.E41 CPAC Imaging 6.C22 CPI International 1.B41 Createcna 7.G47 Crystal Vision 2.B11 CSTB Russia 10.A03 CTE Digital Broadcast 8.C38 CTM Debrie 7.F30 Custom Consoles 8.B15 CYGNUS SYSTEMS 1.F15 CYTAGlobal 5.A41

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D&R 8.C70 D.I.P. 7.D01 da Vinci 7.D08 Daktronics 11.E81 Dalet Digital Media Systems 8.B77 Dan Technologies Group 8.B51 Darim Vision 3.A51 DataDirect Networks 7.J19 Datavideo Technologies Europe 7.E29 DAVID Systems 7.G33 Dawson OE142 dB Broadcast 10.A28 DB Elettronica Telecomunicazioni 8.D17 DCA 7.D07 De Sisti Lighting 11.D50 decontis GmbH M201 Dedo Weigert Film 11.F30 Dega Broadcast Systems 7.G09 Denoo Technology Co 3.A01 DekTec (Dektec Digital Video) 2.A41 Delec Audio und Videotechnik 10.B31 Delta Meccanica 8.E47 Deltacast 10.D10 DEV Systemtechnik 1.D91 devolo IP311 DFT Digital Film Technology 7.E39 DHD 8.A50 DiBcom M251 dicas 1.A80 Dielectric 8.D73 Digidia 8.E29a Digigram 8.C52 Digisoft.TV IP522 Digital Rapids 7.G41/IP511 Digital TV Group 5.A45 Digital TV Labs 2.C29 Digital Vision 7.A23 Digital Zone Co 5.B19f Dimetis 3.B41 Discovery Reply 10.C41 DiscVision 4.C81

DK-Technologies DMT DNF Controls Dolby Doremi Technologies Double D Electronics Doughty Engineering DPA Microphones Draka Dreampark DSPECIALIST DTS Licensing Dtv group, University of Turku Duplidata Dutch Media Hub DVB DVC Digitalvideo Computing DVEO division of Computer Modules DVLab DVS Digital Video Systems Dynacore Technology Co + DST TL

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e2v EBH Radio Software Echolab EchoStar Europe ECRIN Systems Eddystone Broadcast Edgeware Edirol Europe Editshare Eela Audio Egatel Egripment B Elber Elecard Electronics Research Inc (ERI) Electrosonic Electrosys Element Technica Elettronika Elgato elQuip AVM Advies BV/ Boxx/GlobalStreams/ Camlinx ELTI Elvia – Pro eMotion Engines EMS Technical Personnel Enco Systems ENENSYS Technologies Engstler Elektronik Entwicklung Ensemble Designs EnterpriseData Technologies Entone Envivio EPAK Ericsson/Tandberg Television Espial Etere ETI Software Solutions ETL Systems ETSI Euphonix Eurogrip Technics European Broadcasting Union (EBU) European Reseller Eurotek EuroTel Eutelsat eventIS Eversat Evertz Microsystems Evoxe – Newsroom EVS Exanet Exir Broadcasting Explorer Cases by GT Line Expway

8.E60 8.C49 11.F80 2.B28 10.B10 1.F58a 11.C58 8.C90 11.B50 4.B70 8.E69 8.D91 2.A24 7.J03 3.B13 1.D81 6.A14 2.C33 5.C06 7.E21 11.C74

1.A78 8.C10 10.D30 4.B54 5.C23 8.B28b 4.A59 7.K30 7.D22 8.D71 8.D11 11.D20 8.C11a 7.D20 8.E27 3.B19 8.C37 11.A52 8.D27 7.J05 10.F33 8.C30 9.D40 8.A28d 1.B09 8.B28a 5.B17b 11.G89 8.B91 4.C58 IP701 1.D72 2.C37 1.D61 5.A18 8.B89 IP421 4.B60 2.C15 7.G34 11.D80 10.D21 8.A28f 1.C33 8.B30 1.D59 4.B80 1.A52 8.B40 3.B05 8.B90 IP551d 8.D90 11.A15 M204

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F.A.Bernhardt, FAB 2.A21 Facilis Technology 3.B03 Factum Electronics 8.C92 Fairlight 7.D10 Falcon Eyes 9.C42 Fast Forward Video 10.F35 Fiberfox 11.G59 FileCatalyst 7.J41 FILMGEAR (International) 11.F50 Filmlight 7.F31 Filmtechnic Europe Camera Support 11.E87 Fischer Connectors 11.E40 Focal Press 5.C11 Focal Professional 8.A02 Focus Enhancements 9.D41 For-A 2.A51/2.B59 Fora d.o.o.

M222/IP314 Forbidden Technologies 7.A08c FORTIS 5.A31e/5.C12 Foxcom 1.B90 Fraunhofer Alliance Digital Cinema 8.C81 Front Porch Digital 7.B15 FujiFilm Recording Media 11.A21 Fujinon (Europe) 11.C20 Funke Digital TV 3.C46 Furukawa 11.A38 Fuzhou F & V photographic Equipment Co 6.A29e FX-Motion 11.G78

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G&G Tape Check 9.E29 Gazprom Space Systems 4.C51 GD YIYING (HONG KONG) Co 11.B81 Gearhouse Broadcast 10.B29 Gee Broadcast Systems 7.A39 Gefen 7.B31 Gekko Technology 11.F75 Gemalto M211 Genelec 8.C58 General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies 1.A41 Geritel Giomar 8.A44 Ghielmetti 8.C79 Giga Communications 1.D41 Gigawave OE100 GkWare 2.C51 Glensound Electronics 8.E89 Glidecam Industries 11.G45 Global Distribution 7.C29 Global Invacom 4.B61 Global VSAT Forum 1.A76 Globalsat International Technology 3.A21c Globaltt.com 1.F33 GlobeCast 1.B40 Globecomm 5.B11 GoBackTV IP401 Goldsmiths, University of London 3.D04 GooMe Interactive 5.A01 Grass Valley 1.E02/1.D11 Guntermann & Drunck 5.C30 Guramex 9.A51

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Haivision Systems IP702 Hamlet 9.E13/9.E21 Hans H. Plisch & Co 8.B37 Harmonic 1.C61 Harris 7.G20/7.G23/OE330 Hawkeye 5.C21 Hawk-Woods 11.A76 Headroom Broadcast 2.C57 Hego Group 6.C19 Hellas Sat Consortium 4.A71 HFR 5.A31b HHB Communications 8.E54 Hi Tech Systems 10.A49 Hiltron 4.B89 Himega Information Technology Co 3.A21b Hispasat 1.A34 Hitachi Kokusai Electric Europe 11.E79 THE IBC DAILY 2009

Hitron Technologies (SIP) IP722 HME 8.E99 HMS 8.B11 Homecast 4.A61 HoseoTelecom Co 3.B59 HTTV 1.C93 Hualin Broadcast System Engineering Co11.D11 Humax Electronics Co 5.B41

Korea Digital Convergence Association (KODICA) Kroma Telecom Kronomav Ksoft K-Tek Kupo Co Kvant-Efir

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I.S.P.A. – Group 9.E12 IABM 8.F50/8.F51a/8.F52/8.F54 IBC Partnership Village 8.F51 IBC Production Village 9.A14 IBC Training Zone 7.A19 IBC TV News 9.A13 IBM 2.A30/2.A31 IdeasUnlimited.TV 8.C97 iDirect 5.A11 IDX Technology 9.E48 IEEE Broadcast Technology Society 8.F51b IET – The Institution of Engineering and Technology 8.F51c IGP 1.F58d/OE140 IHSE 8.C50 ikan Corp 9.C48 Ikegami Electronics (Europe) 11.A31 Image Engineering 10.A30 Image Systems 7.G07 IMP TELEKOM 8.E17 Impeq 3.B31 INA – Institut National Audiovisuel 10.F21 INCOM Storage 5.B14 IneoQuest 1.F52 Inlet Technologies IP513 Inmarsat 4.B58 INNODIGITAL CO 5.A31a Institut für Rundfunktechnik 10.F51 Integral Systems 1.A01 Intek Digital 5.B10 Intellect 8.A28e Intelsat Corporation 1.C71 Inter BEE/ Japan Electronics Show Association 8.B97 International Datacasting 1.C29 Interra Systems 8.E24 INTOREL 4.B68 ioko 1.D26 iPharro Media 7.B01 IPV 8.B67 Irdeto 1.D51 Iridas 7.H11 IRTE 8.B38 Isilon Systems 7.H10 Isoft Yazkim 2.A10 IT Innovation Centre 3.D05 ItalTelec 8.A13 Itelsis 8.A03 ITS Electronics 4.C87 Ivivo IP551f

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J.L. Fisher Jampro Antennas Jiade Energy Technology Jiangsu ASD Electronics Co JK Audio JMR Electronics JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft Jünger Audio – Studiotechnik Jutel JVC Professional Europe

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K5600 Lighting Kaczek Visuals Trading KaonMedia KATHREIN-Werke Kings-Winchester Electronics Kino Flo/Cirro-Lite (Europe) Kinoton Kintronic Labs Kiryung Electronics Co KIT Digital

11.C51 8.B96 11.C80 6.A29c 8.E85 7.G14 3.D08 2.C49 8.A26 10.D41 11.C31 11.C25b 1.B10 8.C29 11.D79 11.D63 6.A10 8.E35 5.B19c 3.B60

Labwise L’Aigle Paris LARCAN Lasergraphics Latens LAWO LCD Solution LEA Lead Tech Design Leader Electronics Corporation Lectrosonics LEDstorm & Polystorm LEMO Connectors Level 421 IP.SNG Libec Europe LiberoVision Liberty Global Europe Linear – Italy Linotype Litepanels Liveu LMP Lux Media Plan LogicKeyboard Logiways LS telcom L-S-B Broadcast Technologies LSI Projects LUCI Luggy Lumantek Lund Halsey (Console Systems) Lupo SNC Luso Electronic Products

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5.A31g 10.A20 11.G70 IP641 11.C71 11.G71 8.E74 5.B38 11.C11 M213 7.F01 4.B56 8.C71 11.C60c 4.C70 5.B17c 10.F28 8.A84 11.B58 11.C45 4.B81 11.C50 3.B01 1.D39 8.E19 4.C53 9.D28i 2.C23 10.F29 7.F49 2.B31k 8.E39 10.A45 11.G64a 7.G35 11.C72 IP304 2.B10 11.G41 4.C59

Macrovision 5.B49 Magix 8.A18 Magnum Semiconductor 11.G79 MainConcept 2.C50 Maluna Lighting 11.G77 Mandozzi 8.A48 Manzanita Systems 3.A24 Marian OHG 8.C03 Mariner 1.F50 Mark Roberts Motion Control 11.G21 Marko Pfaff & Co Spezialfahrzeugbau OE184 Marquis Broadcast 2.A58 Marshall Electronics 9.E40 Mart, JSC 5.C45 Marusys Co 5.B19e Masstech Group 8.B73 Masterclock 9.E16 Masterplay 8.A59 Matrox Video 7.B29 Matthews Studio Equipment 11.A70 Maxon Computer 7.G30 Mayah Communications 8.A74 MCI Studio Hamburg/Studio Hamburg MCI 11.C40 Media & Broadcast Technologies 2.B19 MEDIA BROADCAST 1.B79 Media Links 1.D38 Media Logic Gesellschaft fuer Medien Systeme 7.D14 Media-Alliance 8.B71 MediaGeniX 3.C59 MediaTVcom 2.B31d Megahertz Broadcast Systems 11.F20 Merging Technologies 6.C29 MeteoGraphics 2.C28 MICORA 2.B31m MICRODOLLY HOLLYWOOD 11.A40 Microfilms 11.E54 Micron by Audio Engineering 8.E81 Microsoft Corporation Topaz Mier Comunicaciones 8.B59

MikroM Miller Camera Support Mindspeed Miniweb Interactive Minnetonka Audio Software Europe Mirada Miranda Technologies MiraVid Mirifice MIS Mitec Telecom MITEQ/MCL MIT-xperts Mixed Signals MOBICLIP Mode-AL MOG Mole – Richardson Co Monarch Innovative Technologies Mosart Moseley MO-SYS Motorola MovieTech – ABC-Products MSA Focus International M-Three Satcom Multidyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems Murraypro Electronics MW Video Systems MWA Nova

8.E02 11.D31 10.F39 IP512 7.J01 4.C74 8.B80 IP604 2.C21 3.A18 1.F31 1.A18 3.A28 2.C19 IP321 10.F30a 7.G39 11.G50 7.K36 2.C42 3.C03 11.G48 1.F30 11.E20 3.B40 8.C11c 2.A54 10.F23 8.E05 7.J31

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NAB Show 7.B40 Nagravision – Kudelski Group 1.D69 National Instruments 10.A24 National Semiconductor 10.B28 Nautel 8.C61 ND SatCom OE320 NDS 1.A71 NEC Electronics (Europe) 1.C27i/1.C27 NEC Microwave Tube 1.C95 Neotion 4.B53 Neptuny IP403 Net Gem IP521 NET INSIGHT 1.B27 Netris 5.C47 NetUP IP402 NeuLion IP614 NeuroTV 10.B15 Neutrik 8.C94 never.no 2.A40 Nevion 8.B70 New Times Overseas Exhibition Co 3.A21 Newtec 1.A49 NewTek 7.K11 NHK 3.D10 NICT 3.D01 Nihon Koshuha Co 8.A60 Ningbo Eimage Studio Equipment Co 11.D60 Ninsight 8.C21b NKK Switches 8.A70 NOA Audio Solutions 8.E30 Nokia Siemens Networks M153 NorCom Information Technology 3.C50 Nordija IP502 Novay 3.D07 Novella SatComs 1.F58b Novotronik 1.A54 NTSI 2.B31e NTT Electronics Corporation 1.D35 Nucomm/RF Central 1.B31 Nufront Mobile Multimedia Tech M112 Numedia 4.B75 NVIDIA 7.H37 NXP Semiconductors 1.F11 NyeTec 2.C31

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Ocean Blue Software Ocilion IPTV Technologies Oconnor OCTOPUS Newsroom Octoshape OMB Omneon

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True Blue Daylight dawns

Slinging the blues: Arri’s new True Blue D40

by David Fox Arri Lighting has supplemented its True Blue Tungsten fixtures

with a new line of True Blue Daylight lampheads: the D5, the D12, the D25, and the D40. They are HMI Fresnel units with 575W, 1200W, 2500W and 4000W lamps, and weigh less than their predecessors while maintaining robustness and high light output.

Features include: improved disc brake locking mechanism for heavy, front-loaded accessories like Chimeras and colour s c ro l l e r s ; s l i d i n g s t i r r u p fo r adjusting centre of gravity to balance the lamphead; Arri’s C ro s s C o o l i n g s y s t e m t h at a l l ow s t h e l a m p h e a d t o b e focused downward to 90° without compromising cooling; new barndoors designed for strength, rigidity and flexibility; and IP23 weather resistance.

Also new are the M18 and AS18, that the company claims

IBM thinks smart for post

by Ken Kerschbaumer IBM’s theme at IBC is smarter solutions for a creative world and t h e c o m p any is displaying a diverse set of critical industry solutions for production and distribution transformation with the power of open, standards-based Information Technology.

Programme production, for example, is front and centre with workflow displays demonstrating ways to increase flexibility, perfo r m a n c e and cost savings

through the use of open standards-based shared storage for the post production environment.

The IBM MXFserver solution provides the speed and performance that craft editors demand.

Transparent to Avid, Adobe Premier CS4, and Apple Final Cut Studio, the use of proven IBM IT servers, storage and networking simplifies systems, eases data and archival management, and helps clients improve performance and reduce costs, claims the company.

The best of IBC and IET

Sessions wrapped up to take away

Since the very first IBC, the technical papers sessions in the conference have been seen as the best place to

unveil the latest research into broadcast and media technology.

M a k i n g t h at knowledge widely k n ow n i s a ve r y important part of IBC’s mission, and this year it is working with the I E T, o n e o f t h e IBC partners, to produce a journal-style publication that features some of the best papers from the conference.

to be the brightest HMIs that can be run from most domestic sockets worldwide.

The M18 is a lensless, openface light that combines the light distribution of a PAR and a Fresnel, using an ArriMAX reflector design that creates diverging rays to produce a crisp shadow. It uses an 1800W SE HMI lamp offering 750 hours of average life, at 92 lumens per Watt output, and a Colour Rendering Index greater than 90 at 6000K. Its beam angle is adjustable from 20Ă&#x; to 60Ă&#x;. When narrower beam angles are needed, there is the AS18, which uses ArriSUN spreader lenses and a PAR reflect o r i n c o m b i n at i o n w i t h adjustable focus settings to cover a range from 5.5Ă&#x; to 65Ă&#x;. The M18 can be converted to the AS18 (and vice versa). The new units also support a 1200W lamp, and use a newly designed electronic ballast, the EB 1200/1800.

11.F21 Also on display are workflows for Enterprise-level asset management. IBM’s Enterprise Metadata Management (EMM) solution allows enterprise-wide metadata federation of existing databases, cleansing, and creation of a highlevel metadata catalogue, with meaningful search, reporting, and seamless integration with the IBM WebSphere Media Hub. Modular and completely scalable, IBM says that the EMM solution helps companies improve the management and monetisation of physical and file-based media properties.

2.A31 The book is called The Best of I B C a n d I E T , a n d a s we l l a s papers from the IBC2009 conference it includes some articles from the IET’s flagship publication, Electronic Letters.

As part of IBC’s initiative to encourage more students and younger technical staff to join the IBC community, the publication will also include an article on the winner of the best student or young engineer post paper award.

The journal is being launched t h i s e v e n i n g at a r e c e p t i o n hosted by IET. This is by invitation only, but more information can be obtained from the IET stand in the Partners’ Village, in the Park Foyer.

Comtrend demonstrates wireless HD extender

by Ian McMurray There can be few homes in the developed world that have only a single TV set. As such, products that can distribute TV around the home – to the kitchen, to bedrooms, perhaps even to the bathroom – are growing in popularity.

Aimed squarely at that market opportunity are the WAP-5830 Wireless HD Video Extender access point and WAP-5831 client adapter from Comtrend Corporation.

Described by the company as a carrier-grade WiFi system, the WAP-5830 is designed to distribute multiple HD IP video streams within a home. Said by the company to deliver reliable and robust c o n n e c t iv i t y, t h e WA P - 5 8 3 0 enables HD and SD IPTV streams f ro m a n E t h e r n e t - e q u i p p e d broadband gateway or DVR to multiple IP set-top boxes. Up to four client devices are supported.

Among the WAP-5830/WAP5831’s key features are realtime implicit transmit beam forming MIMO and smart antenna diversity; realtime wireless channel tracking for optimal rate selection and power control; advanced inter-

by David Fox “A big issue in studios is that clocks tick, and to get a silent clock, with hands, is very expensive,� according to Ian Prowse, director, Vortex Communications.

That is why it has just launched the V-400X VGA Clock. It can provide a silent analogue clock ( w i t h h a n d s ) p l u s a di g i t a l HH:MM:SS clock display on a standard VGA or DVI monitor, locked to an NTP time server on the local network or the internet.

It runs from a USB dongle on a standard Windows PC. The software can also provide time pips and seconds beeps, if you don’t want silence.

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dard CAT-x (Ethernet) cable between the two. This allows the clock to be used in areas where accommodating a PC would be difficult or undesirable, such as radio and TV studios and reception areas. It also provides two VGA outputs at both the sending and receiving ends for multiscreen applications. It also gives on-air and rehearsal lights.

It can be customised with a choice of faces and hands (and logos or other graphics), and the digital display can be have red, green, yellow or blue digits. Menuselectable, colour cycling for the digital clock changes the digit colour automatically after an adjustable time period.

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IBC TV on air This year you can wake up to IBC and track the latest news t h ro u g h o u t t h e d ay. I B C T V News will, of course, be broadcasting to Amsterdam’s hotels between 07:00 and 09:00 each morning, but there are more ways to keep up with the broadcast.

Once again IBC TV News is hosted by Rob Curling, and he and the team of reporters – Karen Griggs, George Herd and Chris Page – will be touring the conference and exhibition, looking for what is new, important and exciting. Their stories make

up the breakfast show. You will find a card in your hotel room telling you which channel to view the programme – if you are not in a hotel, look for cable channel AT5.

The stories, and many more items, are also available online, at www.ibctvnews.com. This year for the first time there will be live streamed web news bulletins each day – check the website for times.

Stories are also available on mobile devices (wap.ibctvnews.com if your phone does not have mobile internet) and can be downloaded to your iPod or iPhone via the Apple iTunes store.

All this is produced live on site.

And for 2009 the team is working from the new Production Village in Hall 9, where they will be using some of the locations for reports and links. It will be easy to find the IBC TV News base: just look for the LED cube wall, the first demonstrations in Europe for this world’s first product from Christie.

Supporting the production team is an advanced HD infrastructure, built around a network of EVS storage and desktop editing, together with Final Cut Pro for the delicate finesse. The crews will be shooting on tapeless camcorders from JVC, with solid state storage plugging straight into the production network.

Explorer ships largest waterproof case

by David Fox Explorer Cases is showing ‘the biggest EU made waterproof case’ at IBC. The model 10840 comes in various configurations and is made with two symmetrical shells that detach completely and can be carried using their own sets of handles. Additional handles are also built-in for the carry-on of the whole case, which has four wheels.

Bearly edible: a polar bear on the Svalbard islands Also new is a particu- tries to liberate €40,000 of camera equipment, larly strong telescopic rear but the Explorer case withstood the assault

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handle for Explorer Cases’ best-known 5833 series (and coming to other models too). The 5833 series has also been updated with a central rubber coated handle, for more comfortable carrying.

The new 5823 case series has the same inner dimensions of its 5822 model, plus wheels and the new telescopic handle. There are also large new multi-utility cases and new ranges of inserts on show.

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R & S focusing on DVB-T2

by David Davies This year’s IBC finds Rohde & Schwarz highlighting its transmitter and T&M solutions for the successor to DVB-T: DVB-T2.

DVB-T2 is the next phase in the evolution of the established DVB-T standard for digital terrestrial television. Rohde & Schwarz notes that, by using new processes, DVB-T2 offers 30% higher transmission capacity, which allows more channels and, above all, programme content to be transmitted in HD quality.

The company is supporting the introduction and expansion of DVB-T2 with a balanced portfolio of T&M equipment and transmitters. At IBC, the company is showing its R&S SFU broadcast test system with DVBT2 option for tests on DVB-T2

receivers. Plus, the R&S ETL TV analyser is already prepared for DVB-T2. The company’s transmitter portfolio is represented by t h e R & S S l x 8 0 0 0 l ow - p owe r transmitter, which is said to be particularly well-suited to the implementation of initial DVBT2 trial networks.

Other product developments on show at IBC include the R&S NX8500 VHF high-power transmitter, which is said to offer ‘extremely efficient and cost-saving operation’.

Rohde & Schwarz is also presenting the R&S Scx8000 compact transmitter as an outdoor solution, and taking part in a demo at the DVB project stand (1.D81) by providing DVB-T2 equipment.

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THE AZDEN 325 DUAL-CHANNEL WIRELESS SYSTEM

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Ship shape: from its mount at the end of the boom, the Elipticam (inset) can cover all the action on this Extreme 40 racing yacht

Elipticam sails over the horizon A new,compact, discrete dual-channel UHF receiver, with 240 user-selectable frequencies (794.00-805.95MHz), the 325UPR has new pivoting high-gain antennas, stereo output, digital LCD displays with multi-function readout, and separate Power On/Off switches for each channel. It comes with both dual-plug XLR and stereo mini-plug output cables, and removable shoe-mount.

It operates on just 2 "AA" batteries, has a unique dual-function DC jack which allows the optional NiMH batteries to be recharged while in the receiver, or, the receiver to be powered from an external, optional, power supply.

Available in systems, which can include bodypacks (35BT), handhelds (35HT), or plug-in transmitters (35XT).

You can mix and match to create your own system.

Information is at our website or from your Azden dealer.

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The Elipticam was developed for a specialist sailing company, and Bradley has been testing it on various yachts and “it’s performed extremely well.”

It is waterproof, fully remote controlled (pan, tilt, zoom, iris, engineering controls), records HD on the boat and can do HD or SD for remote feeds. The Extreme 40 yacht racing will be using it to provide live feeds to shore for the audience watching the racing.

Bradley is hopeful that it will be used for coverage of the sailing at the 2012 Olympics in Weymouth, as it is “perfect for small dinghy racing”.

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Cavena makes subtitling simple

by Ken Kerschbaumer Cavena Image Products is displaying the Cavena subtitling system at IBC, special software modules and dedicated hardware modules that handle a variety of needs.

The system uses special hardware for timecode reading, insertion and reading of VBI information such as Line 21 or teletext and graphics generation for SD and HD. With modular software design it supports the latest formats and can interface to the newest systems. The software is written in C++ and deployed under Windows 2000 and XP.

Larger companies that supply subtitle work to TV channels can use the Cavena Tempo and Toolbox as well as products like the Cavena SAM subtitle archive and management software. Cavena says the system is ideal for freelance subtitlers who work directly with TV stations as well as those working with a subtitle company. The Cavena Toolbox can convert subtitle files from one format to another or between 625 and 525 lines and can also playout subtitles to multiple channels, formats and languages simultaneously.

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by David Fox Getting good pictures from on-board a dinghy, or similarly tight location, can prove to be difficult. The small, dome cameras usually used give a limited field of view. Now Bradley Engineering has overcome that with the new Elipticam a tiny, lightweight dome camera that can push up, using an elliptical move, to look below its own horizon.

“The problem with ordinary dome cameras is that they can’t tilt down below the lip of the dome, but our Elipticam gets around that to offer an additional 30° of tilt,” explained company founder, David Bradley.

by Adrian Pennington Making its European debut at IBC2009, Polecam’s FFFS (Full Frontal Filter System) enables Polecam operators to use high quality optical filters with compact HD cameras that have no integral filter mount.

The FFFS mount allows 62mm Tiffen or Cokin filters to be deployed with the 29mm diameter Fujinon TF lens series. Two or more filters can be combined without vignetting, even when the Fujinon TF 2.8mm (89 degrees horizontal field-of-view) lens is used.

“Optical filters have tremendous creative potential both in terms of effects and to maximise the quality of the captured images,” explained Polecam managing director, Steffan Hewitt. “Neutral density filters are often preferable to achieving exposure control with an unassisted ‘electronic shutter’. A graduated ND filter provides the additional flexi-

bility of allowing a bright sky, for example, to be darkened while the subject in the lower section of the image is left unfiltered.”

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Suppliers who do not adapt, risk being commoditised or commercially isolated. Clients who do not explore these alternatives risk becoming un-competitive.

IBC and the IABM b r i n g together service suppliers, product

suppliers and their clients enabling a constructive debate about how the industry is evolving to this new model and what constitutes a successful partnership with positive outcomes for all those involved?

Robert Amrose (lead consult-

ant at Siemens’ IT Solutions & Services) will chair this top-level session with panellists drawn from all sections of the industry. Martin Emele, MD at ProSiebenSat1, one of Germany’s very largest commercial broadcasters, will give his point-of-view. Kathy-Anne McManus, VP/professional services at Avid will represent one of the supply-side’s major names.

Mark Wilson-Dunn, VP/global sales & marketing at BT Media and Broadcast, will explain his view, while Bart-Jan van Genderen (owner/operator at Park Post) and Georgette Schlick (CEO at Dutch View) will give the view from the Netherlands. Graham Sharp, from the IABM’s US liaison office, will help with information and views from his wider membership.

Total solutions required not point products as demonstrated at Belgium’s RTBF

Friday September 11, 09.00-10.30

by Chris Forrester This past year has been one of the toughest-ever for the industry’s supply side. We have already seen major consolidation take place, and more may well be in the works as companies struggle to stay competitive and win a fair share of whatever business is available.

But other changes are afoot.

The way customers are buying is changing. It is no longer about supplying point products but in winning requests for proposals for complete solutions, often with offbalance sheet transaction models such as managed and outsourced services or hosted applications.

World’s first for Christie videowall

by David Fox Christie’s new Entero LED projection system is said to be the world’s first LED-based SXGA+ and WUXGA resolution professional projection display system that features a ‘zero maintenance design’ with 50,000 hours life, and no consumable components such as lamps, filters or colour wheels to replace.

It is purpose built for control room and videowall applications, and features the latest generation LED-illuminated, 1-chip DLP (Digital Light Processing) system that should give more than five years of dependable operation.

“The new Christie Entero line of LED-based rear projection modules has no equal in the industry for long life and dependability. They are as close to ‘worry free’ as you can get in a videowall display,” claimed Jim Gavloski, Christie’s director of product management. “It marks a major new development in reliable, high-performance videowalls that are easier to maintain and more economical to operate.”

With 600 ANSI lumens of brightness, the Entero LED projection engine can illuminate Christie’s 50-inch, 67-inch and 72inch display cubes.

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Hybrid intercoms give voice to IP

Extending intercom capabilities: Clear-Com’s Matrix/IP Server Network

by David Fox Clear-Com’s Hybrid Time-Division Multiplexing Matrix/IP Server Network is designed to extend the reach of intercom capabilities to more users without the need for costly infrastructure. It has already been bought by large broadcasters in France, Germany and Hungary, and promises to make production workflows efficient and to allow broadcasters to expand their intercom facilities more cost-effectively.

“Up until now, IP has held much promise for intercom communications, but wasn’t able to deliver the audio quality and reliability required by broadcast productions,” explained Jake Dodson, VP product management. “With our I.V.Core technology, a lowlatency and highly intelligent audio routing engine makes it possible for broadcasters to take advantage of the cost advantages and flexibility of Intercom-over-IP solutions.”

I.V.Core enables realtime, dynamic and non-blocking intercom capabilities over a standard IP network, and makes new and traditional intercom systems IPcompatible. It routes only the audio actually needed, rather than all IP streams, optimising the use of bandwidth, and allows wideband codecs to be used where they would previously be limited by bandwidth constraints. It also includes noise reduction and error-recovery algorithms to improve audio quality.

The Hybrid Network is based around Clear-Com’s Eclipse 5.1 digital matrix intercom system.

This can now be used with a new 32-channel high-density IP connection card, IVC-32, that can slotted into the Eclipse Median and Omega system frames to link users of the IP-enabled VSeries control panels and ClearCom Concert 2.0 with traditional control panel and wireless beltpack users.

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Cinegy puts emphasis on tapeless and IT workflows

by Carolyn Giardina Cinegy has extended the feature set of its Cinegy Workflow media asset management and archival system.

The Munich-headquartered company reported that the overall aim of the R&D is to help companies make the transition to tapeless and IT-based workflows using standard IT hardware and storage, database systems, and IP-based v i d e o s t re a m s. T h e d e si g n i s intended to support both broadcast and postproduction.

New features include Cinegy Cinebridge, developed to allow any element inside the Cinegy media archive to be immediately used by any application or tool that understands AVI files. This is accomplished by on-the-fly ‘simulation’ of an AVI file and rendering the respective frame needed by the application as it reads it. Cinegy Cinebridge was also developed to function as a virtual file server, allowing third party applications

to access assets on Cinegy Workflow as if they were locally stored without export or conversion.

Cinegy Gateway is being introduced to replace Cinegy Connect.

Gateway was developed to conve r t mu l t i p l e S D o r H D S D I streams into RTP/UDP stream (or vice versa). It is meant as the bridge or edge device into an IP video and Ethernet networking based signal infrastructure. Combined with Cinegy Monitor, the Gateway tool is designed to allow the user to monitor both SDI and IP streams simultaneously.

The company will also show support for Panasonic’s AVC-Intra HD video format. Cinegy Workflow can natively work in AVC-Intra and MPEG formats including long GOP, MPEG2 and H.264. Resolutions and codecs can be mixed.

Finally, Cinegy Workflow will feature a new GUI with Windows 7 support.

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Autodesk introduces Softimage 2010 Broadcast Pix highlights 3G

by Carolyn Giardina Autodesk has launched Softimage 2010, the latest version of its 3D modeling, animation rendering and compositing software, featuring a new core architecture, integration of the Softimage Face Robot facial rigging and animation toolset, and an expanded and customisable Interactive Creative Environment (ICE) system. With this version, Autodesk is targeting games, film

and television visual effects.

“Over the past year, we’ve made Softimage faster, easier to use and more powerful,” said Stig Gruman, VP, Autodesk Digital Entertainment Group. “This version provides integrated tools for digital entertainment creation with the inclusion of Face Robot, scene complexity management tools and improved interoperability with Autodesk Maya ,

Autodesk 3ds Max and Autodesk MotionBuilder software.”

Softimage 2010 includes the third iteration of the Softimage GigaCore architecture, GigaCore III, designed for data handling and speed. An Autodesk Maya software exporter enables animators to bring a solved Face Robot head into Maya for more integrated CG character workflows.

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by Carolyn Giardina Broadcast Pix is showing its new 3G Switcher Frame, a 3Gbps 1080p upgrade for its Slate live video production systems.

The upgrade provides simultaneous multi-definition SDI I/O for 1080p, 1080i, 720p and standard definition. The result is a 3G 1080p production system, including switcher, multi-view, 100-hour c l i p s t o re, g rap h i c s s t o re s,

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“Broadcast Pix systems create highly compelling live video at a fraction of the cost of conventional systems, and use staff much more efficiently. Now we are adding superb 1080p picture quality,” said Broadcast Pix President, Ke n S wa n t o n . “ O u r n ew 3 G upgrade will enable Broadcast Pix customers to gracefully and economically upgrade to 1080p when they are ready.”

The new 3G upgrade is a separate frame, which accepts up to 20 SDI inputs, plus another 16 video and key inputs of clips and graphics which are carried from the Broadcast Pix workstation to the frame over a single PCI Express bus cable.

With the Fluent workflow software, Slate systems can take video or file inputs from its clip and graphic stores. With new Fluent Watch-Folders, content can be sent over a TCP/IP network from edit stations and graphic systems to these stores. Fluent Macros recall specific clip, animation and graphic files, as well as camera positions and switcher moves. The Fluent CG Connect option provides the ability to connect an XML or Microsoft Access database to on-air graphics.

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IDC announces SFX2020

by Ian McMurray IDC and PROFline are unveiling several new products during IBC. The newest member of the Superf lex family of products, the SFX2020 from International Datacasting, has been designed for enterprise class applications such as business television, e-cinema, digital signage, distance learning and other private television networks where cost effective digital connectivity is important.

Fully DVB-S compliant and compatible with existing DVB systems, the SFX2020 is able to decode HD or SD video encoded with MPEG-2 or MPEG-4 AVC. The SFX2020 has full support for VoD by accessing a network VoD server over a LAN or the internet to stream video.

The SFX2020 is ideal, says the company, for streaming video to individual PCs across a LAN for a variety of purposes, making it an

excellent option for out-of-footprint reception or for non-satellite equipped locations.

IDC also continues to expand its Superflex Pro Cinema product range with the addition of the Pro Cinema 3D Live Camera Pack.

Built on Sensio 3D technology, the 3D Live Camera Pack allows the camera operator to view what is being captured in fully encoded 3D images at the time of image capture. The Camera Pack has all of the features of the Pro Cinema 3D Live Decoder.

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by Procam made in heaven, and when combined with Anton/Bauer’s unriby David Fox UK hire company Procam Televi- valled worldwide customer support, sion, is to use only Anton/Bauer there really was only one logical batteries and chargers following option,” explained John Brennan, its investment in 250 Dionic HC Procam’s managing director. Procam had conducted field trials using batteries and 50 TM4 chargers.

several competing brands before making its decision.

The Dionic HC is designed to handle high-current applications, with a claimed 80% higher capability than rival products. It provides 10 amps for high current draw applications, and a 91 Watt-hour version can operate a 40W HD camcorder for more than two hours.

“The Dionic HC’s latest cell technology for high current draw applications is crucial when it comes to today’s power-hungry camcorder attachments, including wireless monitors, wireless microphones and on-board camera lights,” added Brennan.

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Cyc ward: the new Videssence Power Cyc

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by David Fox T h e n ew Powe r C yc f ro m Videssence is a 120cm long, compact fluorescent fixture that prov i d e s a c o n c e n t rat e d , eve n coverage of light for studio cycloramas or fill lighting. The 220Watt unit has four 55W Biax l a m p s a n d u s e s Vi d e s s e n c e ’s patented adjustable beam technology, which is claimed to produce 71% more light from the 55W lamps than similar rival products.

Each of the lamps adjusts sep-

arately within the reflector by sliding a lever at the back of the fixture. It allows for easy adjustments from 60° through 90° beam spread. The reflector is 99.9% aluminium with a 95% reflectance finish. Additional control and effects can be achieved with gel frame and barn door options. Units come in dim and non-dim configurations.

The lamps come standard at 3000K, but 3200K and 5500K versions are also available.

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Budget scanning for 2k and HD

by David Fox Arri’s new Arriscan 2k is ‘an entry-level model streamlined for h i g h s p e e d scanning at an extremely competitive price’, which the company hopes will appeal for lower-budget applications, especially for commercials and 2k or HD remastering.

It uses a newly designed camera system, illumination controller and exchangeable function modules to give clients the option to start with a basic, fast scanning system and upgrade as needed. To keep the configuration as costeffective as possible, some components, such as the touch panel, host rack and UPS are not part of this system, while others, like 4k, double flash, or infrared illumina-

tion are available as add-ons.

The Arriscan 2k uses the Arriscan 3k by 2k pixel area sensor, the LED illumination and the image processing system. It can be seamlessly integrated with standard Arriscan work spaces and shares the imaging quality of the more expensive systems.

The film transport is standard Arriscan, allowing access to 2-, 3and 4-perf 35mm film, flexible archive modes, 16mm option and even special modules like the archival gate and upcoming wetgate systems.

Also new is the Arrilaser 2, which features: a 16-bit image path; recording speeds double the previous models (at 0.8 seconds per frame in 2k and 1.3spf in 4k); and

a newly designed GUI that gives a constant overview of recording jobs in progress. The new software can control and operate multiple lasers and doesn’t have to be local to the Arrilaser workstation – it can be anywhere in the network.

Arrilaser users will also be able to generate their own 3D lookup tables for the digital intermediate process, using the new Arricube Creator software.

This builds on its Arricube system (which matches colours in a digital grading suite to those seen when the images are projected on film). Previously these 3D LUTs have been constrained to the standard LUTs or to versions customised on special order.

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Matthews dolly mixture can’t be matched

by David Fox The Red Dolly from Matthews Studio Equipment is claimed to perform moves that ‘other dollies can’t match’ – from tight 360° repeatable full circles to crabbing and quick dolly reverse shots.

When its seat is removed, it is a Steadicam standing platfor m equipped with side receivers for lights, grip equipment, Bungee Cam, Speed Rail rigs and more.

Alternatively, the Round-dRound Doorway Dolly offers allwheel steering for great flexibility and will turn in a tight 2m circle.

The camera operator seat can be mounted in six different locations.

Steering from both ends of the dolly will allow camera positions.

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The Red one: Matthews’ latest Red Dolly in one of its many configurations

Hollywood orders Ceiton workflow systems

by Ken Kerschbaumer Three studios in the US have already decided to order Version 4 of Ceiton’s unique 3D web-based business process management and resource scheduling system, ‘Web Workflow PPS’. Version 4 was released in the US at NAB and is now also officially available in Europe as of IBC. The new Version 4 comes with a variety of new features like massively improved scheduling func-

tions, Oracle database support, a new lighter and faster skin, a new reporting engine, wholly new modules and much more.

The company says that after four years of development in the heart of Germany almost every aspect of the system has been improved, resulting in dramatic saving opportunities for production and service companies.

In the US, Warner Bros. Technical Operations in Los Angeles

selected the system to support and optimise a production process involving employees, suppliers and software systems in a matter of just a few weeks. And Sony DADC, also in Los Angeles, will now use it in the US as well for Blu-ray and PlayStation production. The system is already used by Sony DADC in Europe so the new functionalities make working across continents especially easier and more efficient.

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Harris sees vigorous growth in transmitters

by Dick Hobbs Having enjoyed big business in transmitters over the last year â&#x20AC;&#x201C; radio transmitter sales in EMEA were up 40% in the year to June 2009, and television transmitters were up 80% â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Harris sees continued growth in the market, as the digital rollout continues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Digitisation has still only reached around 15% in our market,â&#x20AC;? said EMEA head, Richard Scott. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We anticipate the largest growth in the coming years from transmitters.â&#x20AC;?

Following the launch of the Maxiva line of UHF transmitters at IBC last year, this year the company is adding a complementary range of VHF and L-band transmitters, the Platinum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Digital radio is likely to take off, whether it is DAB, DMB or even HD Radio, which could find interest in Europe,â&#x20AC;? explained product manager, Tim Felstead. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The cellular L-band version of the Platinum transmitter could also be used for MediaFlo or other new mobile media services.â&#x20AC;?

The front end of the transmitter is the Apex multi-standard exciter, which is ready for DVB-T2 as well as DAB and DMB. Other transmission standards can be added as required.

The product family covers a broad range of powers, from 50W to 9.6kW, with both air-cooled and liquid-cooled variants. Like the Maxiva, high efficiency and thus reduced power consumption was an important design consideration. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The LDMOS technology in the power sections comes from the telecom industry,â&#x20AC;? Felstead said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are taking advantage of their much bigger R&D budgets.â&#x20AC;?

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Sonifex for hospital radio station upgrade in the UK

by David Fox S o n i fex S 2 m i xe r s h ave b e e n installed at Hospital Radio Wey at St. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital in Surrey, UK, as part of a major studio refit.

With two studios at its disposal, Hospital Radio Wey covers a number of local hospital sites and care homes.

As part of the long-term refurbishment initiative, the same S2 digital I/O analogue radio b ro a d c a s t m i xe r s h ave b e e n installed in both studios, ensuring familiarity to the presenters whichever studio they are using.

The mixers are 20 channels wide and are being used in conjunction with Sonifex HY-02 and HY-03 telephone hybrids.

Technics SL-1200 turntables, Denon DN-C635 CD players, Tascam MD350 mini-disk players, and Tascam combined cassette and CD-RW recorders are also part of the technical set-up at the Hospital Radio Wey studios.

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Let the broadcaster beware

The business interests of television broadcasters are not always aligned with those of industry vendors.

Joe Zaller, Devoncroft Partners, presents the findings of the 2009 Big Broadcast Survey The television business is technology driven, and making the right technology choices is crucial to the success of every company in the industry – vendors and broadcasters alike.

That’s why it’s important that all companies in the broadcast industry study and consider the impact on their business of technology trends. But in order to get a full picture of the broadcast business, it’s also important to u n d e r s t a nd how technology trends are viewed by their competitors, customers and suppliers.

This is exactly what I set out to accomplish as part of the 2009 Big Broadcast Survey; the industry’s largest ever study of technology trends and vendor brands.

The nearly 5,000 people who participated in the study (including more than 1,000 broadcasters and nearly 550 vendors) were presented with a list of 15 industry trends and asked to choose three trends from the list (ranking them 1-3) that they feel will have the most significant impact on the way they do business over the next 2-3 years. Because this question is about what’s important to the businesses of the respondents, it reveals much about their motivations.

It turns out that different parts of the broadcast industry’s value chain view the importance of technology trends differently.

Fo r ex a m p l e, i f yo u a s k a group of broadcasters what technology trends are most important to them, and then compare this to the answers of respondents in other parts of the broadcast technology supply chain, you sometimes get markedly different answers.

Of course, there is general agreement across the board about certain trends – e.g. the transition to HDTV – however the emphasis that each category of companies places on individual trends shows that are important differences between the business inter-

ests of technology suppliers (vendors and SIs) and those of technology buyers (broadcasters).

The results, which are summarised in the chart below, show that the commercial motivations of those supplying technology (vendors and systems integrators) are not always aligned with technology buyers (broadcasters).

A quick glance at this table reveals the following: • the trends that are most important to broadcasters are about finishing what they started and making it work in practice (transition to HD), becoming more effic i e n t ( t ap e l e s s, f i l e - b a s e d , a u t o m at e d wo rk f l ow s ) a n d increasing revenues (multi-plat-

websites and conferences are full of articles, presentations and debate about things like 3D, 3Gbps operations and other new technologies?

One reason is that these new technologies do have significant merit, and many broadcasters want to learn about them, even if t h e y a re n o t bu y i n g t o d ay.

Another is that much of this content is generated by technology vendors who are continually promoting what’s new in an effort to grow their businesses.

The table below provides a better understanding of the differing motivations between technology suppliers and buyers. It presents the same data as the previous chart, but it expresses the information as the difference between the average for each respondent group and the overall global average of all respondents.

As you can see, this analysis reveals that there are some major differences between broadcasters and their suppliers, particularly when it comes to transition to HDTV, tapeless workflows, automated workflows and the transi-

Figure 1: Please rank in order (1-3) which of the following technology trends are most important to your business, with 1 being most important

To simplify and summarise these differences, here’s a quick overview of the differe n c e s between what’s important to technology buyers versus technology suppliers: More Important to Technology Buyers (Broadcasters): Transition to HDTV operations Transition to tapeless workflows Automated workflows File-based workflows Multiplatform delivery

form content delivery)

• the trends that are most impor-

tant to technology suppliers are primarily about new technology.

If this is the case, why is it that industry trade magazines,

More Important to Technology Suppliers (Vendors and SIs): IP content delivery Advanced encoding techniques (e.g. h.264) Video on Demand Transition to 3Gbps operations (1080p) On-line advertising 3D TV Set-top box PVR/DVR 4k production Network DVR 2k production

Figure 2: when asked rank the importance to their business of technology trends, the opinions of technology suppliers (vendors and SIs) were generally aligned with one another, but often different from technology buyers (broadcasters)

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This analysis show that broadcasters believe that refining workflows and gaining efficiencies, particularly through digital file management, is very important to their business, whereas vendors

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and systems integrators place more importance on next generation technologies such as 3Gbps operations.

Similarly broadcasters do not currently view IP content delivery as a stand out issue, whereas vendors and systems integrators believe this is to be the second most important trend influencing their business.

These findings are in-line with what the IABM chief executive Roger Crumpton said at the trade group’s summer market workshop – that broadcasters in today’s climate are focusing on completing existing projects (e.g. HDTV transition) and are increasingly risk averse when it comes to new technology unless it can make them more efficient in some way (e.g. automated workflows).

So what does all this mean? In general terms it’s clear that a lot of hype about certain technology trends does not necessarily translate into widespread market adoption, at least in the short term.

I t a l s o d e m o n s t rat e s t h at broadcasters and their technology suppliers can benefit from an open dialogue that acknowledges what’s important to, and therefore motivates, the decision making process of both parties.

This analysis reveals that the commercial interests of technology buyers and their suppliers are not always aligned. If a technology suppliers can more fully

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A clear view of cloud computing The IT industry sees the concept of cloud computing as the next big thing. The idea of using a relatively unsophisticated client, wherever you are, to access and operate on data and processing somewhere else, is seen as offering connectivity convenience and at

the same time reducing capital expenditure for the user.

Remote, dynamically scalable services already offer business solutions without the need for local hardware and software platforms. But that is a very different

proposition from handling the large files inherent in broadcast content and the processor-intensive software needed for post.

Yet we are seeing new collaborative software as a service tool, on offer in areas like editing and

Forum Preview graphics. Can broadcast facilities be delivered from a cloud, with the same quality and flexibility we expect today?

In a panel session at 13:30 in t h e Fo r u m , I B C i s b r i n g i n g together some of the leading thinkers on the subject. Broad-

casters and systems specialists – from the worlds of both broadcast and IT – will each present their vision, demonstrate practical examples and debate the issues.

Can the cloud change established working practices? Will software as a service open up new creative opportunities, reduce expenditure or both? This session is the place to find out.

Playout with a difference from Omneon

by Farah Jifri Omneon’s new MediaDeck GX channel-playout offering is making its European debut today.

The system brings together video server playout, graphics capability and audio processing, all of which can be controlled with the customer’s own choice automation system.

With its rich branding and master control functionality, the M e d i a D e c k G X i s a i m e d at b ro a d c a s t e r s l o o k i n g fo r a n affordable way to launch new services or grow their existing channel lineup.

In a departure from the current ‘playout in a box’ offerings on the market, MediaDeck GX doesn’t tie broadcasters in to a specific automation system. The Omneon MediaDeck GX seamlessly unites three key components of a typical channel chain: Omneon’s MediaDeck transmission, a leading branding and master control module, and template-based graphics software.

Four new MediaPort modules for the Omneon Spectrum and M e d i a D e c k s e r ve r s a re a l s o being shown at IBC. The new modules extend realtime codec support to facilitate flexible, cost-effective production and playout of SD and HD content.

The MediaPort 5400 Series, MediaPort 5500 Series, MediaPort 6200/6300 Series, and MediaPort 5600 Series all provide codec capabilities that support implementation of streamlined multiformat workflows to air.

In addition, Omneon is demonstrating a range of new features for MediaPort models, including scrub audio, improved jog/shuttle and still modes, and integrated realtime proxy generation as well as SD/HD simulcast that enable Omneon video servers to support fast-paced production environments.

The MediaPorts offer highq u a l i t y m e d i a p ro c e s s i n g , advanced control over encode and playback functions, and open systems that enable smooth interoperability with other digital media applications.

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Growth opportunities: New models and platforms Friday September 11, 11.15-12.45

by Chris Forrester This IBC session, part of the Business of Broadcasting stream, is a multiple keynote, slam-dunk, must attend panel of top-level experts, where delegates will receive the very latest thinking in content creation and innovation as well as the opportunities of socalled ‘new media’.

Moderated by industry commentator Ray Snoddy, IBC has brought together Erik Huggers, previously with Microsoft and now the BBC’s head of Future M e d i a & Technology; Saul Berman, IBM’s Global Strategy & Change Services Leader; and Rory Sutherland, vice-chairman at advertising giant Ogilvy Group UK. The three will advise and discuss how broadcasters can meet the challenges of future media diversification.

Huggers is a well-known name at IBC. This time lest year his was the ‘face’ that greeted delegates attending the spectacular NHKBBC-RAI-Eutelsat ‘Super HiVi s i o n’ Ultra-HDTV live ex p e r i m e ntal transmissions between London’s South Bank and Amsterdam.

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Huggers is enthusiastic about higher-resolution transmissions, perhaps to public gatherings for special sporting events such as the upcoming London Olym p i c Games. But he is also extremely enthusiastic about expanding the role of the traditional broadcaster, and moving the ‘trusted brand’ into new directions.

The BBC over the past year or so has achieved spectacular success in opening up its archive to licence-fee payers via its iPlayer

download service, and to a point where the programming can be further commercialised by the BBC’s Worldwide division. But two concepts have had a much more difficult time, its Projects Kangaroo and Canvas, both farseeing, but both recognising that viewers expect far more in the 21st C e n t u r y f ro m t h e i r c o n t e n t providers.

These schemes and aims are all very well for well-funded public broadcasters like the BBC. But where does it leave those broadcasters struggling to keep their heads above water during this crippling advertising downturn, or trying to stay ahead of a curve that daily sees further audience fragmentation?

Will technology come to the rescue, linking traditional broadcasting with new media and social networking in order to retain young audiences? How can traditional television advertising with its emphasis on brand values and product awareness meet the crossplatform challenge?

Erik Huggers will open this triple-keynote with ‘The BBC’s plans for future media and techn o l og y, wh i l e O g i l v y ’s Ro r y Sutherland will discuss ‘New metrics, new models and new media:

from marketing’s four P’s to the 4 E’s’. IBM’s Saul Berman will follow with his keynote ‘Understanding what consumers want: An opportunity for creativity and growth’.

Rory Sutherland has an enviable CV, having spent time working on campaigns for some of the best-known brands in the business including Amex, BT, Compaq, Microsoft, IBM, BUPA, easyJet,

Will technology come to the rescue, linking traditional broadcasting with new media and social networking in order to retain young audiences?

Unilever and winning more than a few awards along the way. He was appointed creative director of OgilvyOne in 1997 and ECD in 1998. In 2005 he was appointed vice chairman on the Ogilvy Group.

Dr Saul J Berman is a highly qualified and respected consultant to the entertainment industry.

While currently leading IBM’s Global Strategy division he was previously lead strategy partner for IBM’s Media & Entertainment practice. He has also worked for PwC Consulting, and The Boston Consulting Group.

This panel is a perfect group, and superbly qualified to guide on solving some of the challenges faced by the industry. Nobody can predict the future, of course, but these three should be able to deliver some valuable strategic guidance.

They’ll discuss how powerful advertisers are increasingly seeking to diversify their ad-spend away from television, and what broadcasters should do to counter this trend. Points for discussion could include the shift towards more targeted advertising on TV, and improving measurement with cross-platform integration.

To adapt and succeed – especially in the current economic environment – content owners, media distributors and agencies need to build a new set of capabilities now: cross-platform innovat i o n , g re at e r i n s i g h t s, o p e n c o l l ab o rat i o n a n d d i g i t a l processes. The experts have also promised to take questions from the floor.

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S&T announces MHEG Presenter 2 Smart accessory: KTek’s new Shoe Bridge ends the hot-shoe shuffle

If the shoe doesn’t fit...

by David Fox Users of compact camcorders can choose from a huge range of accessories, from microphones or onboard lights to LCD monitors, that rely on the camera’s hot shoe. It can be difficult to fit all this gear on a tiny shoe. Now K-Tek claims to have solved the problem with a range of new mounting accessories.

The K-Tek Shoe Bridge provides users with a 16.5cm fitment that sits 10cm above the camera and can be used for mounting multiple accessories. The Shoe Step Adapter repositions the camera shoe 50mm above the camera, while its Offset Shoe Extender repositions the camera shoe 66mm vertically and 57mm fore or aft of the camera.

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by Ian McMurray IBC2009 marks the launch of the MHEG Presenter 2 product suite from Strategy & Technology (S&T) which builds on the existing support for digital teletext and other information services with new modules for VoD. The system also supports both IP-connected CI Plus (CI+) modules, as well as hybrid IP/broadcast receivers with content being delivered via IP and/or broadcast.

S&T is demonstrating a CI+ VoD solution with Tandberg Television (part of the Eri c s s o n Group) and Neotion that enables operators to deliver networkbased on-demand video services

including catch-up TV without the need for a set-top box, greatly reducing per-subscriber costs for operators.

The launch of the IP ‘Interaction Channel’ on UK Freesat is another area on which S&T is focusing with its implementation of D-Book 6 published earlier this year by the DTG, offering a standardised solution for delivery of content over IP and broadcast to hybrid receivers. S&T is showing catch-up TV applications implemented with MHEG Presenter 2 and including flexible integration with back-office systems.

Also new for IBC is TSMonitor, a monitoring tool for interac-

S&T’s module supports IP-connected CI+

tive TV and subtitling that implements multiple virtual receivers running on a single rack-mounted server, each executing a predefined, scripted functional test case. Designed for use by playout centres and broadcasters deliver-

ing either interactive TV (including interactive advertising) or subtitled services, it incorporates a web-browser-based user interface that provides a simple ‘Traffic Light’ status display.

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Vinten Radamec makes VR a complete reality

by David Fox Vinten Radamec has introduced the last piece needed to complete its package of virtual reality products. The new Fusion FP188VR is a high-performance robotic camera pedestal that complements its existing manual encoded range (such as the Quattro SE and FreeD camera tracking).

The FP188VR senses its position based on a compact, L-shaped

floor target that is unobtrusive and works with any floor surface. The design uses a new differential wheel truck system to provide greater precision and shot stability performance.

When it is combined with the FHR120VR robotic head (with encoders that count one million positions per full revolution), the new pedestal enables tracking and control of all movements to ensure

perfect image synchronisation between real and virtual elements.

The pedestal has a payload capacity of 85kg, sufficient for any camera with prompter and confidence monitor.

As many studios are multi-purp o s e, t h e F P 1 8 8 V R c a n b e switched from fully robotic to a manual pedestal.

“By eliminating the need to duplicate camera support equip-

ment the return on investment case is very strong indeed,” said Karen Walker, product manager for robotics at Vinten Radamec. “And we have formed strong partnerships with the leading VR graphics providers, like Brainstorm, Orad and Vizrt, to ensure we can deliver a complete and fully functional system that meets the creative challenges as well as the business ones.”

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Argosy debuts fibre management tools

by Adrian Pennington Argosy is highlighting the European debut of its fibre management tools including the SDI fibre video converters, patch panels and its BendBright-XS ruggedised fibre optic cables.

With its reduced bend radius single mode fibre cable, BendBright is said to provide good resistance to macro bend attenuation allowing it to be handled in the same way as traditional copper cable. It is best suited for deployment in confined spaces patch cables, high density areas and OB vehicles. The BendBrightXS cable is the first fibre of its kind on the market and is unique in its ability to fulfil all three relevant ITU recommendations — G.652.D, G657.A and G.657.

Exhibitor Q&A Dr Manfred Heinen, CEO, S4M Solutions for Media Has IBC come at a good time for the electronic media industry?

Why? Especially in the current economic situation IBC plays a most important role. It’s still the number one European market place for the electronic media industry.

For every company it is necessary to approach customers actively – and the event enables us to meet a lot of potential customers and to show in what ways our systems can help broadcasters.

Argosy also provides a range of single and multi-mode fibres which can be supplied in patch, breakout or in multi-way loose-tube and tight buffered constructions with 4 to 864 fibres as per requirement.

These cables incorporates internal strength members enabling them to be very versatile and suitable for both internal and external applications whilst maintaining a low weight and shorter bend radiuses for ease of installation.

Stand visitors can also see the Argosy copper to fibre media converter. This converter is already setting new standards by offering greater distances for the transmission of SDI signals – up to 20km depending on bit-rate being used – at one of the lowest price points available on the market today. It What do you think are the key developments in, or threads to, your market sector at the current time?

S4M’s market sector is software and we focus on broadcast management systems as well as on systems for production planning and media asset management.

Fortunately we are able to show broadcasters how they can save money when they use our systems. For example we can offer solutions that enable broadcasters to sell their airtime much more effective. And that’s what the industry really needs: solutions that help to work more efficient in order to either save money or to boost revenue.

Argosy - renowned for fibre optic cable

works by receiving an HD-SDI electrical input and converting this into a single mode optical signal and supports the transmission of SD-SDI (143-540Mbps) and HD-

SDI (1.485Gbps). Both transmitter and receiver provide automatic equalization and input re-clocking to ensure signal integrity.

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Why should delegates visit your stand at IBC? S4M presents all the management software a broadcaster needs to run a TV station or network: from rights management and programme planning to media sales, video production management, media analysis and production planning. And – as our customer record shows – we can provide this for smaller broadcasters as well as for really huge networks. Combine this with most modern technology and a team of professionals who really enjoy doing their job - well, that’s what you can experience at the S4M booth.

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Keep it simple.

We’re all about making things easy. Firstly, we’ve changed our name from ON-AIR Systems to OASYS. We’re PC-based, so the OASYS automated playout solution gives you a video server, fully featured automation system and secondary event player, allowing you to run a fully branded channel - all from a single box.

We can set up and commission your system within days, make bespoke configuration changes within minutes, and replacement parts for standard PCs are widely available – not to mention there is no special training required for engineers – so maintenance is hassle-free.

The system can be easily integrated into an existing workflow, or can perform full master control – your choice. Plus the OASYS application is easy to use, with an intuitive user interface and Windows-based processes.

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Broadcast Electronics has new FM transmitter

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by David Davies IBC2009 sees Broadcast Electronics highlight its STX LP transmitter, described by the company as ‘the first and only scalable, frequency-agile low-powered FM transmitter with a starting price below US$7,000’.

Scalable from 1kW to 5kW, the S T X L P ’s s t a n d a rd f e at u re s include scalable architecture, redundant backup controller, IP connectivity and an internal exciter. According to the manufacturer, the STX LP’s ‘affordability and rich features’ will remove ‘a major cost barrier’ for broadcasters wishing to upgrade their systems on both a short- and long-term basis.

The STX LP is not the only focus of Broadcast Electronics’ IBC2009 appearance, however, with the company also showing its HD Radio technology and its new Au d i o VAU LT F l e X s t u d i o automation system.

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GKWare meets STB demands

by Ken Kerschbaumer GkWare offers a wide range of software components for set-top box and IDTV manufacturers, including technology to meet the needs of MHEG-5, CI and CI-Plus.

The GkWare Common Interface Stack is the fastest way to integrate support for common interface into a set-top box or headend firmware. Royalty-free s o u rc e c o d e a n d o b j e c t c o d e licenses are available. The company says compatibility to all CI Modules is guaranteed and support for the emerging CI+ standard is available as well.

A l s o o n d i s p l ay i s t h e StreamGuru MHEG-5 Engine, a system that makes set-top boxes ready for interactive television. It is compliant to several profiles (including CI+ and UK 1.06).

Attractive licensing models are available and the DSM-CC stack is already included. The system can be licensed separately or together with a complete DVB m i dd l ewa re w i t h s o f t wa re decoders for Teletext, subtitling, RDS and DVB-SSU. 2.C51 THE IBC DAILY FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2009

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Studer boosts audio source sharing

by David Davies Studer has announced the availability of the new Studer Relink (Resource Linking) I/O Sharing system, which can link numerous Studer consoles in various locations of a broadcast facility to allow audio source and control data sharing across a wide network.

According to Studer, one of the benefits of the Studer Relink system in comparison to others is that it is based totally on the company’s existing Score system, which is an integral part of a Studer console’s architecture, so no additional hardware or breakout boxes are required.

Any combination of Studer Vista (5, 6, 7, 8), the OnAir 2500 and 3000 consoles, as well as Route 6000 can link with each other via Relink, communicating over TCP/IP. The scalable Relink system can start with a simple link between two Studer consoles, and scale up to multi-console systems using a two-step topology where all signals are matrixed through a central device, for example the Studer Route 6000 system. To use Relink, Studer consoles must be updated to the newest software versions 4.1 for Vista, 3.1 for OnAir systems and 2.0 for Route 6000 systems.

Studer’s D21m I/O system fo r m s t h e h e a r t o f a l l t h e input/output connections, and network audio is not restricted to a single transport type – audio i n t e rc o n n e c t s m ay b e m a d e through conventional MADI, AES, ADAT, regular copper analogue lines or even HDLink. Each D21m frame can be configured to accept up to 384 inputs and 384 outputs, with numerous options for audio interface types including analogue, AES, SDI, Dolby E and MADI, all available in cost-effective modules which maximise c h a n n e l u s ag e a n d h a rdwa re capacity. These inputs and outputs

TV One schedules product training at IBC

by Carolyn Giardina TV One is holding a product training session during IBC on Sunday 13 September, 10:00-13:30 in Room H of the RAI. Frithjof Becker, EMEA sales manager of TV One, will host the session that will include discussions about the TV One multiviewers, CORIOtools control software and other products the manufacturer has selected.

“These sessions give us the opportunity to spend some time

demonstrating our new products and features thoroughly which is not always possible on an exhibition stand,” Becker explained.

“It also allows for open discussions of common projects and application requirements that our customers encounter on a regular basis, and how our units can be used within these installations to give the end user the desired result.”

Joining Becker for the training session is Robert Drake, research

and development manager of TV One. “From a research and development perspective, these meetings enable us to receive valuable feedback about our equipment and how it is currently being used.” Drake said.

“We are always looking to develop new technology and features that the market requires and these sessions allow our customers to tell us directly what they are looking for in future products.”

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can be shared with any or all of the mixing consoles.

When used in the two-step topology with the Studer Route 6000, inputs and outputs may be processed by various DSP algorithms such as delay or limiter, removing the need for further external processing hardware. The Route 6000 can be controlled via the VSM (Virtual Studio Manager) software for tightly integ rat e d c o n t ro l o f ro u t i n g , processing and monitoring assignments through customisable hardware and software panels.

S N M P i s u s e d fo r s y s t e m health monitoring and local/ remote surveillance and messages can be sent to control terminals highlighting problems.

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Studer is highlighting its new Studer Relink I/O sharing system

New for IBC from Microwave Service Company is a new line of block down converters, writes Ian McMurray.

Available in all popular microwave bands from 2 GHz-7 GHz, these new block down converters are designed to convert digital COFDM and analogue microwave signals to a customer-specified VHF/UHF signal range. Also new from the company are allweather enclosures whose design includes an O-ring to prevent moisture ingress and are made from a very rugged aluminum housing. 1.B31

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Hillcrest points to space in remote market

by Ian McMurray On show at the Universal Electronics (UEI) booth stand today, Hillcrest’s Freespace motion-based pointing technology can be used in aswide range of consumer devices

including remote controls, PC mice, and game controllers. The Hillcrest Loop pointer is a Freespace direct-to-consumer mouse replacement designed for consumers who connect their com-

puter to the TV to navigate their favourite video sites, photo sites and so on on the television screen.

Hillcrest’s HoME enables CE m a nu f a c t u re r s a n d s e r v i c e providers to create unique interac-

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HoME applications are controlled by pointing and provide consumers an intuitive way to browse, discover, and interact with large

volumes of digital media.

UEI licenses Hillcrest’s Freespace technology to offer motion control remotes. Other companies that have licensed Freespace and HoME for use in their products include Kodak, Logitech and ZillionTV. 1.B21

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Edirol debuts 8-ch video mix

by Carolyn Giardina Roland Systems Group, makers of the Edirol video mixers including the V-4, V-8 and V-440HD, is launching the new LVS-800, an 8channel standard definition video mixer.

The LVS-800 is recommended for live events or presentations that uses cameras and other video sources, along with computers and multiple screens. This includes corporate, educational, and religious applications.

The new mixer includes two c o m p u t e r i n p u t s fo r m i x i n g between multiple sources; a down stream keyer, enabling graphics and title overlays; separate programme out and A/B mix outputs for multiscreen applications; saveable panel presets; RS-232, MIDI and Tally ports for a range of control and connectivity; and built-in digital chroma key, luminance key, PinP and transitions for professional compositing and effects.

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by Ian McMurray New for IBC from Axcera is the Innovator CX Solid State Transmitter/ Transposer/Gap Filler.

Designed specifically for low and medium power applications, this second generation of Axcera’s Innovator CX is now available in both UHF and VHF versions at power levels up to 200W analogue/125W digital in a single, compact 3RU chassis, including the exciter.

The addition of one or more Axcera compact power amplifiers allows up to 4kW analogue and nearly 2kW DVB in a single 19inch cabinet configuration.

The Innovator CX can be configured as an analogue or digital transmitter, a regenerative transposer or an echo-cancelling gap filler/repeater.

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BNS has the Touch

by Heather McLean BNS is showcasing its recently launched TV shopping applicat i o n , B N S To u c h , at I B C. Launched at CommunicAsia in Singapore in June and already being integrated on the platform of a major IPTV operator, BNS Touch is an innovative multimedia solution designed to open n e w r e v e nu e s t r e a m s a n d enhance customer loyalty for IPTV operators.

The system comprises familiar paper catalogues printed with invisible dot codes and a pen-like device called The Wiz which reads the codes and sends them wired or wirelessly to a TV set-top box. Customers can browse and touch to make a hassle-free purchase from the comfort of their living room directly through their TV without the need to call an operator.

Working behind the scenes is a BNS-developed backend management system that includes content management, subscriber database integration, payment gateway and an inventory and logistics interface. This allows the shopping on demand system to integrate with existing IPTV services and shopping catalogues.

“Flipping through catalogue pages is the easiest way to browse, much easier than using the remote control to navigate an online menu,” said Anke Gill, vice president of marketing at BNS. “ B N S Touch and the Wiz bring catalogue items to life on the TV screen which creates an on demand TV shopping experience that will substantially improve order rates. This is a truly revolutionary approach to interactive shopping on demand.”

The system can also be applied to multimedia services such as interactive advertising and eLearning and is easily inte-

Catalogue shopping on the TV: BNS Touch in operation

grated on existing IPTV and other bi-directional management platforms.

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Exhibitor Q&A Thomas Riedel, managing director, Riedel Communications Has IBC come at a good time for the electronic media industry?

Why? Granted the times are a little rough financially at the moment.

But especially in situation like these, it’s important to keep a positive outlook. At Riedel we are excited about future developments. After all, a crisis is also always a place where new ideas and opportunities can emerge –

Communications Specialities’ new OM32 Fiberlink Matrix, is a fullyconfigurable, SMPTE compliant (including 3G), 32x32 fibre-optic signal router that allows users to configure the number of inputs and outputs in any fashion, writes David Fox. “It is configurable at the factory so you only buy the cross points you need, so it is very cost-effective. If you need 9x22, you’d normally have to buy 24x24, but now you just have to buy the exact number of inputs and outputs you need,” said Ian Prowse, director, Vortex Communications. It is available with ST connectors or optional LC connectors, and can cope with VGA, 3G/HD/SD-SDI, composite, component and S-video, Gigabit Ethernet and more. It works with both single mode and multimode fibre without the need for separate interface cards. 11.G11 THE IBC DAILY FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2009

Barix celebrates German broadcasting first

by David Davies A recent project in Germany constitutes the first known Barix Audio over IP installation for broadcasting monitoring in that country.

As a result of the installation, Hessischer Rundfunk (HR) broadcasting service in Frankfurt is now using a system comprised of several Barix Audio over IP components for permanent monitoring of up to three FM programmes at the transmitter site in nearby Friedberg.

In principle, the broadcast signal is fed directly from the transmitter into a Barix Instreamer 100 audio encoder. The signal is then streamed back over a VPN link to the broadcasting centre for confidence monitoring. In case of modulation loss, a backup feed over IP will be activated using Barix devices. An Instreamer unit at the broadcasting centre will then stream the station especially those who enable the customers to save money in their infrastructure.

What do you think are the key developments in, or threats to, your market sector at the current time?

I think, what will be getting more important in the future is not a single technology but something, I would call backbone technology. A combination of applications, which were separated in the past such as video, audio, intercom or data, into one single integrated network. This will reduce the effort and costs of any

The Instreamer 100 audio encoder is part of the Barix installation at HR in Germany

audio over the VPN connection to the transmitter site.

Johannes G. Rietschel, CEO and founder of Barix AG, commented: “Our products ensure reliable and efficient audio monitoring over IP networks, and have proven highly flexible and configurable for confidence monitoring, studio-to-transmitter delivery and other radio broadcast applications. There have been similar

Barix installations in service for many years in Australia, the US and other countries in Europe.

The HR installation also proves reliability for the top-end public stations in Germany.”

In addition to routing audio over IP and outputting error-messages, the Barix components in the HR installation are also used to control RDS and ancillary data.

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installation and add a lot of flexibility to them.

Why should delegates visit your stand at IBC? At this year’s IBC we will present our latest product, MediorNet for the first time to the European markets. The new fibre based signal distribution technology with integrated software processing and conversion offers a completely new approach to broadcast, proaudio and event productions. I’m sure this will radically change the visitors’ idea of broadcast production facility design.

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Scalable, flexible and under control

Nevion provides a full line of element management solutions as well as integrated system management support for the Ventura, Flashlink and VikinX product families.

New at IBC2009 is Nevion’s state-of-theart Multicon system controller for the entire video transport chain. The intuitive Multicon interface integrates VikinX routers, Flashlink signal processing and fibre equipment, and third party systems, giving users one-touch control over system configuration. Nevion’s DataMiner provides the visibility required to manage service level agreements.

New Multicon and DataMiner system management

The more you learn about Nevion, the more you see that this is where video is moving.

Come see us at IBC, stand 8.B70 Find out what Nevion’s management systems can do for your business. + 47 33 489 999

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Arri keeps the PAX

by David Fox Arri’s new LED lights, the PAX panel kits, can deliver any colour yo u wa n t and are small and portable for remote locations or

quick resets, and come in two configurations: PAX1 and PAX2, which fit in a small carry case.

One beta tester, Sue Gibson, president of the BSC, used them

on a low budget feature, 31 North 62 East, partly shot in the Jordanian desert. One shot “was of two cars driving through the desert at magic hour, and it needed to cut in with footage I’d already shot in England of characters talking in a car once it has stopped. I was wondering how to do it because I Colour selection: Arri’s new PAX panels

knew we wanted to get the shot in one and we’d be losing the light.”

She used one of the battery-powered, 8x16cm PAX panels, which contains an array of eight multichip LED modules.

“I needed something that was portable, that could be charged from the car battery and that allowed me to select whatever diffusion I wanted. The PAX Panel Kit worked absolutely perfectly; you can dial in any colour gel you want and it’s wirelessly remote controlled, so I could stand by the camera and adjust the colour and t h e d i m m e r a s t h e l i g h t wa s going,” said Gibson.

“I didn’t have a gaffer, I was a one-man band, but it was simply a question of flipping down the glove-box door and resting the LED panel on that. It worked a treat and I was delighted.”

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IBC2009 Awards Roll out the red carpet!

Sunday night at IBC and the RAI Centre is abuzz with one of the event's highlights: the annual IBC Awards ceremony. Starting with a champagne reception, this fast-paced event recognises those who have made a real contribution to the industry in 2009.

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The IBC Awards is made up of four categories: IBC Innovation Awards IBC International Honour of Excellence IBC Exhibition Design Awards IBC Conference Award

This year's awards event takes place on:

Sunday, 13 September at 18.30 in the Auditorium

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Epsilon Designer produces interactive

by Ian McMurray Have you ever heard the question: ‘Where is the revenue in interactive application advertising?’ Altech Mediaverge says that it does not claim to know the answers – but it does know that the cost of creation is a huge factor, as well as the turnaround times in creating these advertisements.

What’s needed, says the comp a ny, i s a t o o l t h at ra d i c a l ly reduces the turnaround time and skillset required for the production of interactive advertising applications – and it believes that, in its Epsilon Designer technology, it has such a tool.

At this IBC, Altech Mediaverge is performing live demonstrations of the Epsilon Designer rapid application development t o o l – wh i c h t h e c o m p a ny describes as a flexible and extensible engine – using web standard XML to generate fully interactive applications, with the ability to generate the screen designs from Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe PDF files for rapid user interface development.

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During downturns, innovation triumphs

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Matt Danilowicz, managing director Clear-Com Communication Systems, discusses how broadcasters can face down the internet and recession Since last IBC the industry has confronted major challenges.

Faced with the dual threat of a serious global recession and competitive pressure from the internet and other content distribution channels, individual television stations, and even major networks, are struggling to find new financial models. The companies that support them, including intercom vendors, will have to work just as hard to fit in with the restructuring that will result.

The vendors that will survive, and ultimately thrive, are those that view the downturn as an opportunity to innovate solutions that will lead their customers not just out of the current difficulties, but into long-term success.

From crisis does indeed come opportunity for companies positioned to grasp it, and in the cur-

rent business climate, this means giving broadcasters a reason to invest in the future by adding new, cutting-edge capabilities to established product lines â&#x20AC;&#x201C; capabilities that will help them achieve workflows that truly improve their bottom lines.

At IBC, Clear-Com is showing how it is doing this, demonstrating its breakthrough Hybrid Network, which helps broadcasters leverage their existing IP infrastructure to expand the range of their intercoms and realise new, highly productive and efficient workflows.

T h e H y b r i d N e t wo r k i s a solution formed by combining traditional Time-Divisional Multiplexing (TDM)-based matrix intercoms and Intercom-over-IP (IoIP) solutions powered by the c o m p a ny â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s p at e n t - p e n d i n g

The ViaLiteHD is capable of up to 28 RF channels

PPM launches ViaLiteHD

by Ian McMurray PPM is launching ViaLiteHD. The ViaLite product range has been in the market for nearly 10 years, and has been adopted by many major satellite service operators and broadcasters, says the company.

ViaLiteHD is a new ground-up design, said to be based on extensive user feedback. It promises improved performance over conventional RF-over-fibre products and numerous advanced management features to meet todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demanding applications.

One of the innovations that ViaLiteHD introduces is a very high density RF channel count.

PPM says that, following an intensive design phase, both the chassis and RF cards have been completely redeveloped to allow up to 14 RF-to-fibre converter cards per chassis. Beyond this, the new DUAL transmitter or receiver technology developed by PPM allows up to 28 RF channels to be accommodated in a single chassis.

Another first claimed by the company for high frequency RFover-fibre transmission technology is blind mating hot swappable cards, which are optional as part of the ViaLiteHD range.

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I.V.Core technology. It can be u s e d by b ro a d c a s t e r s t o a dd intercom to areas of their facilities where previously it may not have been cost-effective to do so, giving more of their staff access to the same communications pool, with the same level of audio quality theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re accustomed to having with traditional TDMbased intercoms.

Broadcasters can also use the Hybrid Network to expand their intercom capabilities beyond the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;four wallsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; of their facility. In this way, intercom can be accessible not just to the editing suite down the hall, but to the satellite news bureau across the globe or the OB van covering a major football match in another part of the country.

For example, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s say youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the head of the news division of a major broadcast network. A break-

Matt Danilowicz: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Intercom can be accessible to satellite news bureaux across the globeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

ing news story just came in, and you want to get it to air before the competition. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re located at the network HQ, and you need to quickly coordinate the efforts of reporters and production team members scattered across the world

at remote bureaus or even in hotel rooms. With the Hybrid Network, those reporters could either plug into the intercom using ClearComâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s IP-enabled V-Series panel or the Concert software on a laptop.

Only the audio that needs to be routed gets directed from sources to destinations, allowing very efficient network bandwidth utilisation, which in turn allows the system to use wider band codecs for a given system size. Add to this I.V.Coreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forward error correction and noise reduction algorithms and the user experiences high clarity, low-noise voice communications, even when using challenging connections such as the internet, where IP traffic priority is not guaranteed.

Ultimately, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s innovation that will make businesses invest again and lead the global economy out of recession. Clear-Com intends to offer broadcasters a whole new suite of breakthrough intercom products that will inspire them to take the next step in their production workflow.

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theibcdaily In Brief Algolith Oxygen boost Video processing specialist, Algolith has signed up Oxygen DCT as a new reseller to serve the UK. “Algolith is the world leader in providing broadcasters with reconfigurable video processing technology, including best-in-world class SD and HD format conversion,” said Steve Hathaway, founder and CEO of Oxygen DCT. He believes that its Algogear cards deliver “unprecedented flexibility and versatility” and “the best value to our customers by helping reduce the cost of infrastructure systems”.

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WatchPoint CMS debut IBC sees the European debut of Tandberg Television’s WatchPoint Content Management System (CMS).

The system, says the company, gives service providers unprecedented visibility of the content that enters their library and throughout the content lifecycle and is designed for the centralised management of any metadata format, content type, and workflow process. The file-based content ingested into and stored in the CMS may include VoD programmes, advertising, music, and games.

According to Tandberg, WatchPoint CMS increases overall operational efficiency through the automation of customised content processing via a rules management interface and extensible workflow. The company also claims that it provides a scalable technology infrastructure for efficient single or multiscreen strategies while enabling increased revenue opportunities by accelerating VoD business on any platform.

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Colour-managed flow Underlining the ever-broadening range of products the company offers to broadcast, post production and creative media presentation, projectiondesign is working with Digital Vision and Drylab to present end-to-end colour-managed workflows from on-set review to final grade. Using projectiondesign cineo32 projectors, with Digital Vision Film Master and Drylab’s Keyframe Concept attendees will be able to witness accurate reproduction of colours at all stages of the production pipe line.

“We are continually broadening our product range to ensure that we have the right high performance projector for each demanding task. Part of this process has involved working directly with the post houses to calibrate each projector for its specific application,” comments Anders Lokke, international marketing & communications manager, projectiondesign. At IBC this year, the company is showing some of its latest innovations, including its newest additions to the production-specific cineo range of projectors, demonstrating the use of available LED lamp technology for greater energy efficiency and reduced cost of ownership and stereoscopic 3D projection.

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Pace rides the pay-TV wave

We are rapidly entering a world in which a layer of content delivered via Internet Protocol will help drive innovation across satellite, cable and terrestrial platforms according to Pace United Kingdom President Richard Slee The impact of the recession has hit many companies extremely hard. Across virtually every industry, economic doom and gloom has stolen the spotlight, although one key exception to this is the pay-TV market. In fact, it’s quite the opposite, digital entertainment is increasingly being seen as a ‘must have’ expense.

As a key set-top box provider to 35 of the world’s top 100 payTV operators, this comes as great news for Pace, and is a trend that’s been seen across the pay - T V industry as a whole. Take Foxtel in Australia which is continuing to deploy Pace’s high-end HD PVR technology through to Viasat in Scandinavia and NET in Brazil who are rolling-out impressive HD services across their territories. Subscriptions to premium pay-TV continue to grow globally

as people demand better in-home entertainment.

But the way people are watching TV is dramatically changing with online services like the BBC’s iPlayer becoming ever more popular. Consumers will increasingly look for similar content on their TV sets as shown by uptake of iPlayer services on Virgin Media’s cable service.

Many operators are now looking to offer up an online experie n c e t h ro u g h t h e T V by incorporating hybrid IP technology into set-top boxes. Hybrid IP creates a two-way bi-directional link that delivers opportunities for both interactive customer services such as VoD and web browsing through to targeted advertising and enhanced billing capabilities for the operator.

Another key industry develop-

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ment that’s becoming more of a focus is around the ‘connected home’ concept in which a single service provisions content to any device in the home.

Pace has technology available to deploy today and some operators such as Canal+ have already deployed set-top boxes capable of linking up around the home, so the PVR recordings in the main box can be accessed by ‘dumb’ boxes elsewhere.

A s t h e D L NA s t a n d a rd becomes more widespread across consumer devices and home network speeds increase, these sorts of capabilities will continue to rise in popularity. For operators wanting to deploy the services, they ne e d t o m a r r y u p c o n s u m e r demand with a suitable pricing structure. When that happens, connected-home services could really take-off.

The long and short of it is that IBC this year will be a testing ground for what’s to come as the barriers between delivery methods start to come down. We’re rapidly entering a world in which a layer of content delivered via IP will help drive innovation across all other platforms (satellite, cable, terrestrial) and pushing out content to any device from a central home-hub service will become the norm in every household.

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LED comes on-board with Anton/Bauer duo

by David Fox Anton/Bauer has launched two new LED on-camera lights. The ULHM-LED and LED EledZ light modules have been developed with Litepanels (both are part of the Vitec Group), to complement the UltraLight Series and ElipZ battery system.

The EledZ is designed for use with smaller handheld cameras.

The daylight (5600K) lamp weighs 110g, draws 4.5W, and is 100% dimmable with minimal colour

change. With the ElipZ 10K battery, the typical run-time for powering the EledZ and a camera is f ive h o u rs. A 3 2 0 0 K f i l t e r i s included.

The ULHM-LED is a LED head module designed for the Anton/Bauer UltraLight, so that users can now plug in tungsten, HMI or LED lamps into the same base. The 5600K module weighs just 300g, consumes only 9W, and is 100% dimmable.

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Blackmagic support for Linux

by Carolyn Giardina Blackmagic Design is supporting software developers who want to use its DeckLink, Intensity and Multibridge products on the Linux platform. The company has released a software driver and a software developer kit, which is

available for free download at the company’s website.

Th e S D K a l l ow s s o f t wa re developers to build custom Linux tools. As an example, Blackmagic points out that with DeckLink SDI, priced at $295, customers have a 10-bit SD and HD-SDI

DFT launches Scanity for 4k

by Carolyn Giardina DFT Digital Film Technology – the privately-owned company formed in late 2008 when Partner Capital Group acquired t h e Thomson Grass Valley post production business unit – is making its first IBC appearance this year.

At its stand, the company is introducing Scanity, a new scanner designed with an eye toward speed

and steadiness. Scanity offers time delay integration sensor technology, for 4k scanning up to 15fps and 2k scanning up to 25fps. The scanner also features a precision roller gate and a continuous motion capstan film transport to avoid mechanical stress. DFT suggests that this feature could make Scanity a useful tool for archiving and restoration projects.

capture and playback tool with tri-sync/black burst reference, low SDI jitter and RS-422 deck control. When combined with lowc o s t P C h a rdwa re, L i nu x developers can build higher-end systems.

“Using the Blackmagic DeckAn IR illuminated perforation detection feature is designed to provide ‘touch-free’ optical pin registration for steadiness. Spatial image processing manages the scaling and formatting before the material is stored.

Scanity uses LED light sources with a selection of spectral wavel e n g t h s t h at a re sw i t ch abl e depending on the film stock and for matching to the colourimetry of film dyes.

DFT is also showing OptiPin, a

Link Linux SDK, we’ve been able to quickly add SD and HD-SDI capture to our web-based video editing platform, FORscene,” reported Jeremy James of compression experts Forbidden Techn o l og i e s. “ T h e a ffo rd abl e DeckLink SDI will allow us to offer integration without requiring unnecessary hardware features or external converters.”

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film guidance and image stabilisation option for the Spirit 4k/2k/HD DataCine and film scanners using optical pin registration.

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by David Davies San Diego-based manufacturer H M E i s showcasing its new DX121 one-to-one wireless intercom system at IBC2009. Other products in the spotlight include the DX300ES digital 2.4GHz wireless headset system and the CL200 call light actuator.

Geared towards industries requiring wireless channels for one to four users, as well as those that need the flexibility of expanded wireless support throughout large venues, the DX121 is said to suit a wide variety of professional applications, including theatrical venues, broadcast control rooms, and technical support in the government, military and aerospace industries.

The DX121 plugs into the

HME’s new DX121 digital wireless intercom system is suitable for a wide variety of professional applications

intercom headset jack of any hardwired intercom stat i o n , extending the range of the operator up to 300m. As well as being able to support multiple channel applications (up to eight systems can be used in the same location),

the DX121 also serves requirements for a lower-cost system that can be expanded as communications requirements change.

“The DX121 base has a builtin battery charger for the remote Communicator battery that also works as a power source during power outages or glitches,” said HME product manager, Rick Molina. “It has headset and fourwire connections, relay actuation and our new 2.4GHz FHSS spectrum friendly technology [which prevents frequency conflicts by enabling the user to select all or part of the 2.4GHz operating frequency range: low, high or full band]. This digital system will be an exceptional performer now and for the future.”

Also on the HME stand is the

AMD launches ATI FirePro S400

by Carolyn Giardina AMD has introduced the ATI FirePro S400 Synchronisation Module, providing framelock and g e n l o c k synchronisation for broadcast, video editing, visualisation, simulation and rich display applications.

“Professionals need a module

that can meet the high demands of current video and 3D applications with the flexibility to address new demands down the road, and the ATI FirePro S400 does just that at an affordable price,” said Janet Matsuda, senior director, AMD Professional Graphics.

The ATI FirePro S400 is a single

card technology with a dedicated processor capable of supporting clock-accurate, simultaneous GPU synchronisation. It delivers framelock functionality by combining synchronised display output and simultaneous 3D buffer swapping, to help ensure GPUs in connected systems present their outputs in

company’s new DX300ES wireless headset system, which supports hands-free, two-way digital communication for live event, remote broadcast and movie/video production crews. Again, benefiting from HME’s spectrum friendly technology, the DX300ES offers features including two-channel operation, dedicated channel relays, battery operation, and four-wire audio interfaces.

Each base enables three Communicators to operate in fullduplex, hands-free mode in the two-channel configuration, and will support up to 15 users. The DX300ES system can be expanded by ‘daisy chaining’ multiple base stations over standard Cat5 network cable.

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The new ATI module supports four professional graphics cards, features a serial ATA power connector and allows ATI FirePro graphics accelerators to receive signals and synchronise to virtua l ly a ny v i d e o i n p u t s o u rc e, including PAL and NTSC standard definition video black burst, high definition TV tri-level, TTL and SDI sync. It lists for $799.

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On-Air Systems is now Oasys

by Carolyn Giardina On-Air Systems has renamed itself Oasys, the company reporting that the new name and corporate identity was created to underscore its ethos of simplicity and reliability.

“The names of our products have changed too to better reflect their role in the workflow,” said Mark Errington, CEO of Oasys.

“This will help our partners, dealers and customers as we expand our capabilities with new products and functionality.”

The core of the Oasys product line remains unchanged but the names they are a-changing. The new product names are:Maker (replaces Kapture), Manager (replaces transKoder), Media Library (replaces Kopy), Schedule Importer (replaces Skedule Importer), Scheduler (replaces Skedule Mode), Player (replaces playKast), Logger (replaces log Konsolidation) and Recorder (replaces reKorder).

With the rebranding, there is no change in the ownership or management of the company.

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IBC and the work-life balance

Vortex Communications director Ian Prowse wonders if it wouldn’t be better to have the IBC exhibition running over three working days instead of five You find us, brought kicking and screaming to this particular altar that is IBC, with more than the usual anxiety as to how it will go.

News has been bad; global recession bites ever deeper; major players have pulled out – so what should we expect?

The world has changed, gradually at first and then all of a sudden. There were the times when visitors queued up to come to Amsterdam, stay for at least a couple of days and fit in IBC during the trip. Those not sent over by their companies would often combine IBC with a weekend away in Amsterdam and it was distinctly noticeable that if the weather was good over the weekend, our numbers were down – and if it rained outside, the numbers were up – wives and girlfriends (or distaff gender equivalent) in tow.

The IBC Party, originally on the Sunday thus marking the half way point in the marathon – and very much a glamorous and exotic affair – was something of a high spot with tickets in short supply.

There was also the late-lamented Companion Programme that complemented the Conference itself – very much the main reason for IBC with the Exhibition as its symbiotic add-on.

This all provided an easy-going atmosphere in what we now call the ‘good times’. But things have changed – and not just because of the global downturn. Over the years, the exhibition has very much become the cash cow of the entire proceedings, with t h e impression that the main beneficiaries and those who matter are the sponsors and larger players.

The weekend trip is out of

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Ian Prowse: ‘Small, agile companies will pull us all out of the current recession’

DekTec rolls out DVB-T2 test range

by Ken Kerschbaumer DekTec’s stand at IBC is highlighting the company’s DVB-T2re l at e d t e chnologies as the company helps terrestrial TV take the next major step forwards.

DVB-T2, compared to its forerunner DVBT, almost doubles the useful maximum bitrate one can squeeze out of an 8MHz channel.

As a company that has its roots in the test and measurement domain, DekTec is introducing a

complete DVB-T2 test toolset. It includes a DVB-T2 modulation upgrade for DekTec’s DTA115 multi-standard modulator PCI card and new USB based modulator, the DTU215.

With this upgrade Dektek says users can turn the DTA-115 or DTU-215 into a fully blown DVB-T2 modulator.

Also available is the DTA2135T2, the world’s first commercially available DVB-T2

test receiver. This product is a bundle of the DTA2135 (Dual DVB-T Receiver for PCI Express Bus) and the T2Xpert software.

The T2Xpert application is a realtime DVB-T2 demodulation software that adds DVB-T2 support to the DTA2135 and supp o r t s s i n g l e - a n d mu l t i - P L P streams. It can also output the demodulated transport-stream on UDP. Furthermore, it gathers stat i s t i c s ab o u t t h e nu m b e r o f

favour. Those who used to visit voluntarily tend not to do so either because they cannot afford to or feel that ‘if it is that important for me to come, my company should send me’. Even quite senior managers now have difficulty in getting authorisation for their own trip – needing to justify everything beforehand and everything scrutinised in detail afterwards (let alone the ‘other half’) Work-life balance has taken hold – weekends are for ‘quality time’ and tend to become heavily committed with family activities –and it is considered something of an imposition to be ‘expected’ to work over a weekend. And why should this also not be a consideration for the stand personnel as well?

I n d e e d , ov e r t h e l a s t f e w years, we have noticed that Mond ay h a s b e c o m e by f a r o u r busiest day with many delegates coming over just for the day (and maybe a night) – but all in ‘work time.’ But why so long? IBC has the greatest number of days of all the broadcast, A/V and computer shows in the world and while we may enjoy the relatively

late start to each day’s proceedings, how much nicer would it be to have the show last just three full days – and those days being normal working days.

The impression that we smaller guys are the make-weights in the megalith of IBC persists. However, it is likely that small, agile companies will pull us all out of the current recession and just notice how many small companies have been queuing up to come to IBC – and how many larger ones have pulled out ?

So for IBC, some big questions which I hope they will consider before committing to the next show – or at least the one after that. Why is the show quite this long? Why does IBC run over a weekend and open for so few full normal working days? Why does IBC need to be so expensive to exhibit and attend? Why does IBC take so little notice of the smaller guys? Hopefully, the organisers will provide the usual efficient affair; and especially hopefully, they have attracted the all-important visitors.

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LDPC iterations required to correct all errors and shows general and PLP specific DVB-T2 modulation parameters.

Lastly, the T2IQ sample generator, an offline DVB-T2 IQ sample generator that can be used to generate a file with the IQ samples for a DVB-T2 signal, is on display.

The T2IQ application supports generation of both single- and multi-PLP streams and the files it generates can be played with the DTA-115 modulator or a thirdparty modulator.

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What's on the IBC Big Screen

For the latest visit:- www.ibc.org 2008 THESE EVENTS ARE FREE TO ALL 17.00-18.00 PS TECHNIK Digital Capturing with WEISSCAM HS2 and SI-2K Digital Cinema Camera System Friday 11th Sept 14.00-15.00 CHRISTIE Come and see the latest in control room displays.

15.30-16.30 ARRI Presents examples of where and how it’s state of the art technology has been applied.

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Enjoy the latest productions with the advanced WEISSCAM HS-2 and the “Slumdog Cam” SI-2K on IBC’s Big Screen during this session.

Saturday 12th Sept 12.00-12.30 EUTELSAT A “best-of” including extracts from the Julien Clerc concert, broadcast live to cinemas across France.

13.00-14.30 ROCKET SCIENCE: ASSIMILATE & RED. 15.00-16.30 ARRI Presents examples of where and how it’s state of the art technology has been applied.

17.00-18.00 PS TECHNIK Developing the 3rd Dimension International stereographers share their experiences and philosophies with you in the ‘show and tell’ environment of the IBC Big Screen Cinema during this session.

18.30 (doors open at 18.15) SPECIAL SCREENING Monsters vs Aliens – in Stereoscopic 3D ‘Courtesy of Dreamworks Animation’ Monday 14th Sept 18.30 (doors open at 18.15) SPECIAL SCREENING Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – in Stereoscopic 3D ‘Courtesy of 20th Century Fox’

by David Davies Linear Acoustic is showing a host of developments at IBC2009, including the Carbon Hybrid Metadata Loudness Controller.

With the new unit, loudness control and audio encoding are combined by a patent-pending hybrid process that, says Linear Acoustic, allows infinitely variable adjustment between permanent and reversible control of source audio loudness and dynamic range.

Capable of working with any audio codec that supports metadata, the premier version of Linear Acoustic Carbon maximises the effectiveness of metadata within the Dolby Digital (AC-3) system.

Linear Acoustic Carbon accepts encoded or baseband PCM audio via AES or HD/SD-SDI connections, and optionally supports processing of audio at the transport stream level via DVB-ASI connections. MPTS via Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) will be supported for cable and satellite applications.

“This groundbreaking technology enables audio to be sent to consumers with broadcaster-regulated control of loudness while still preserving the original audio content,” commented Tim Carroll, founder and president of Line a r A c o u s t i c . “ T h i s a l l ow s consumers to choose audio reproduction that matches their environment - from full surround sound system to small kitchen TV, to mobile or hand-held devices.”

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New studio monitors from JBL priced to be affordable to all

by David Davies JBL is showing the new LSR2300 series studio monitors, which are said to deliver “professional performance at price points within reach of any broadcast facility”.

The LSR2300 series includes: th e L S R2328P bi-amplified 203mm (8-inch) studio monitor with 165 Watts of amplification; th e L S R2325P bi-amplified 133mm (5-inch) studio monitor with 90 Watts of amplification; and the LSR2310SP powered 254mm (10-inch) studio subwoofer with an integrated 180

Watt power amplifier.

In developing the LSR2300 series, JBL applied the same stringent linear spatial reference criteria used in the design of the LSR6300 and the LSR4300 series, widely used in broadcast control rooms.

Other features include new long excursion low-frequency transducers with high-flux motors and a custom-tuned port that work in concert to produce deep accurate low frequency response.

Peter Chaikin, director of recording and broadcast market-

OpenTV: it’s about feelings

by Ian McMurray It’s one of those Catch-22 problems: it’s easy enough to find what you want to watch on TV if you know what you want to watch. But supposing you don’t know what you want to watch – but you do know that you want something light-hearted, or something with some suspense in it?

OpenTV, through its collaboration with Jinni, believes it has just the kind of search capability you need. The functionality, which is expected to feature as part of the latest release of OpenTV Core2

middleware – which will be available in the fourth quarter of 2009 – changes the way content is discovered on television, says the company, by allowing consumers to easily find what they really ‘feel’ like watching.

Viewers can add moods to more common search strings such as ‘era’, ‘actor’ or ‘genre’: for example, a viewer can search for a ‘1980s mystery’ or a ‘suspenseful Tom Cruise’ movie, making finding relevant choices even easier.

According to the company, other highlights of the OpenTV

ing at JBL Professional, commented: “For years, the JBL 4400 series studio monitors were the top choice for broadcast installations. Recently, the LSR4300 series has become the go-to choice for modern digitally-outfitted broadcast control rooms.

“With professional performance, integrated bi-amplification, wall-mount capability and very affordable price points, we anticipate the LSR2300 series will be welcomed by TV and radio broadcasters and facilities.”

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JBL is exhibiting its new LSR2300 studio monitors

Core2 search solution include Integrated Search functionality, which goes beyond a simple ‘programme title list’ search, allowing viewers to search all programme information including synopsis, ratings and actor/actress information.

Extended search allows for searches beyond the set-top box, by including on-line databases, allowing network operators to store vast amounts of content without the overhead of having to update and communicate an entire inventory to the set-top box. Predictive text entry providing an easy and fast way to enter in search strings using a standard television remote.

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Orad shows new PowerWall

by Carolyn Giardina Orad is showcasing a new version of its PowerWall technology, designed for realtime display of graphical content on video walls in very high resolution.

PowerWall is based upon the HDVG platform that provides a 4k resolution output from a single box.

One of PowerWall’s new features is the new Configurator tool, which connects directly to the HDVG4k and allows the user to select different calibrat i o n t e m p l at e s a n d m a ke

changes to the content’s appearance on the fly.

PowerWall users can adjust the size, shape and position of each output, as well as colour, brightness and contrast. The goal is to eliminate the need for complex adjustments to be made manually on each of the tiles.

PowerWall can now accommodate four genlocked DVI outputs, which can be connected directly to the video wall in order to eliminate the need for signal conversion.

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New digital tools and production workflows are now transforming cinematic possibilities for professionals says P+S Technik Managing Director Alfred Piffl The film industry has made big steps towards a complete digital cinema production workflow. Cinematographers have explored new tools, techniques and methods to meet their own need for creativity and to satisfy the demanding requests for present and future film production.

At the latest since the success of the mainly digitally produced Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire file-based digital cinematography belongs to the stateof-the-art of filmmaking.

To meet the needs of cinematographers the digital highspeed stand-alone camera Weisscam HS-2 is designed to offer the freedom of shooting either in HD or RAW mode or b o t h , a s i t c o m e s w i t h t wo

streams (RAW and HD) via HD SDI, two formats (4:3 and 16:9) and uncompressed cinema-style images.

You can record up to 4000fps (PAL), 2000fps in HD or 1500fps in 2k. The Weisscam HS-2 has a full format Super35 CMOS sensor with a global shutter. The HS-2 is in serial production now and can be tested in the Production Village. The first lucky users show their latest footage in the IBC cinema on Friday 5pm. During this screening you can also watch digitally captured materials shot with the Slumdog camera SI-2K also present at our booth and in the Production Village.

The SI-2K digital cinema camera system is also very well suited for stereoscopic 3D pro-

duction. The old idea of 3D cinematography combined with the progress in technology provides great possibilities to bring forward the art of 3D photography. Many new and powerful tools and solutions that allow for a gap-free stereoscopic 3D workflow from image capturing, post production to projection or even home entertainment are available.

S eve ra l 3 D r i g s f ro m P + S Te c h n i k w i l l b e l a u n c h e d at IBC09, (booth 11.E28). With these you can create 3D films without the limitations of former systems. Their ease-of-use features clear a path for artists and filmmakers to explore, utilise and differentiate themselves and their products by effectively shooting

JVC shows ultra high res imaging

by Adrian Pennington JVC is providing an exciting glimpse into the world of ultra high resolution imaging with a live demonstration of its KY-F4000 realtime 4k camera on the main stage at the IBC Production Village.

Live images from the KY-F4000 will be displayed on JVC’s new 56inch LCD panel with 4k resolution.

The compact KY-F4000 camera features a single 1.25-inch CMOS image sensor of 3840 x 2160 pixels, capable of producing live images with 4x the resolution of full HD. It offers a 60 progressive frame live output capability,

including HDSDI Dual Link (4:2:2/10-bit x 4ch) and DVI single link (4:4:4/8-bit x 4ch).

The camera also features a built-in genlock input, HDSDI 1080 (60i/59.94i). Additional specifications include an RGB Bayer colour filter and switchabl e 60p/59.94 framerate.

The two-piece design of the KY-F4000 includes a compact, lightweight camera head, weighing 3kg, which is ideal for pan and tilt mounting applications. The CCU processor can be separated from the camera head by a distance of 100 metres.

“Other 4k cameras on the market, such as RED and Arri, are primarily used for cinema applications which do not require live signal output,” stateed JVC. “The JVC camera offers full 60p output, with live transmission capability; this makes it the unique choice for high-end applications.”

JVC is currently shipping a 4k D - I L A p ro j e c t o r, t h e D L A SH4K. The addition of a 4k camera and 4k LCD monitor brings full capture capability to the product line. The KY-F4000 will be available next year.

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LiberoVision adds 3D to telestrating

by Ken Kerschbaumer LiberoVision’s IBC stand offers a brand new product that seamlessly combines tracked telestration with 3D replays in a single powerful football analysis tool.

Known as DiscoverEye 3D+, the system has continuous player t r a c k i n g , c o n t i nu o u s p l ay e r speed, dynamic offside line, and more. Based on the existing TV images only, DiscoverEye 3D+

can generate arbitrary virtual camera images in near pixel-perfect quality.

The company says the system c a n f re e ly m ove t h e c a m e r a , achieving perspectives as seen by the referee, by the player scoring the goal, by looking down the offside line, or creating a bird’s eye perspective.

The new version ties the telestrator to field graphics and

Viaccess previews VoD offering

by Ian McMurray Viaccess is previewing its powerful new range of VoD solutions at IBC. These include a converged rights management solution for flexible purchasing and consumption of VoD content on any device, and an automated and personalised hybrid VoD solution, offering consumers instantaneous access to personalised VoD when using a ‘low IP bandwidth’ hybrid STB. Also on display is a 3DTV demo and a solution that leverages

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P2P technology advantages to enhance the quality of service for protected Live TV premium content on PCs. Viaccess’s new converged rights management solution allows the subscriber to purchase tokens which enable content to b e watched on any device including a PC, STB or mobile device, instead of requiring individual licenses for each device. This provides the user with a simpler way of purchasing and consuming VoD content in a

adds the correct perspective over the entire play.

As a result, continuous player tracking and the dynamic offside l i n e h e l p t o re s o l ve eve n t h e toughest calls.

Furthermore, automatic and continuous distance measurements can be used to enhance the viewer’s understanding of the magic of the play.

3.B01 multi-device environment and h e n c e h e l p s t o b ro a d e n u s e r appeal and increase ARPU. The automated and personalised hybrid VoD service enables a user to have relevant content downloaded automatically in advance and saved to their STB hard disk or PVR to be viewed later.

The VoD content is selected using Compass, Orca Interactive’s content discovery solution, to tailor the content to user preferences and prior usage, and to make it instantly available for viewing in a low IP bandwidth hybrid situation.

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Alfred Piffl: ‘Highly specialised stereography is now available to all cinematographers’

and delivering professional 3D stereoscopic imagery in a costeffective manner.

Sophisticated calibrationm e c h a n i s m s a n d t o o l s a l l ow adjusting the two cameras very accurate and easily. The former domain of highly specialised stere-

ographers is now available to all cinematographers. The 3D rigs master all kinds of applications you are used to from 2D recording: shoot with a tripod, on a crane or even with a steadicam.

This year you have the chance to enjoy some of the latest 3D productions made with P+S Technik 3D tools in the IBC cinema on Saturday, 5pm.

Last but not least at IBC (booth 7.H01) we show the SteadyFrame Universal For mat Scanner in action. The SteadyFrame is a high quality, but cost effective solution to quickly transform the loads of film stock saved in archives into the digital domain for TV and other digital workflows.

The SteadyFrame is equipped with a sprocket free film transport system which is especially gentle for older film material and even copes with exotic or unknown formats. Just bring your own exotic archive film stock and do a test scan onsite. Apply for a scan slot by email to news@pstechnik.de 11.E28/7.H01

Zaxcom’s QRX100 receiver with the companion TRX900 transmitter

Zaxcom 4-ch camera audio

by David Davies The QRX100 four-channel camera RF audio system from Zaxcom is making its European debut.

Billed as representing ‘a new concept in professional audio technology’, the QRX100 receives four channels of audio from up to two Zaxcom stereo or mono digital transmitters, allowing ENG audio professionals to leverage the full capabilities of today’s fourchannel cameras.

By bundling an optional timecode receiver and IFB transmitter in a single, lightweight package, the QRX100 is also said to offer the added benefit of reducing broadcasters’ equipment costs, RF

bandwidth requirements and power demands.

The specification of the new system includes the ability to receive two separate transmitter signals on two separate frequencies simultaneously; the ability to receive one to four channels of digital audio and output the channels in analogue and AES digital formats; and has a group of 12 multi-coloured LEDS recessed into the side of the QRX100 that are visible with the QRX100 mounted in its Zaxcom camera mount to provide the sound mixer with visual confirmation of audio reception at the camera.

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AEQ’s Phoenix Mobile IP audio codec is to play an important role in the new HD OB vehicles being built by Sony Professional Services for Algerian Public Television, L’Enterprise Nationale de Télévision (ENTV), writes David Davies. Sony is constructing five HD OB vehicles as part of a major ENTV internal modernisation strategy and a move towards HD production. The new facilities will include 48 cameras, 80 LMD monitors, 10 VTRs and five video switchers, amongst other Sony devices. The set-up also includes 12 AEQ Phoenix Mobile IP audio codecs. Portability and ‘future-proofing’ were among the factors said to have informed the selection of the AEQ Phoenix devices, which are made of tough ABS materials and each incorporate a high-capacity Li-Ion battery (2.5 hours). 8.C53 THE IBC DAILY FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2009

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Net Insight offers 100% QoS

by Ian McMurray Net Insight is demonstrating its line of Nimbra switches and modules that the company says combine the benefits of both IP and optical transport for flexibility in media networking. Net Insight says that its solutions are designed to enhance media transport in an IP-centric world for all types of

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video content, ensuring guaranteed QoE for subscribers. With this approach, the com p a ny claims that Nimbra o ff e r s unmatched bandwidth utilisation and 100% QoS guaranteed.

Traditionally, according to Net Insight, best-effort networks, such as IP networks, are not built to guarantee QoS. However, the Has IBC come at a good time for the electronic media industry?

Yes, the industry is driving hard toward file-based workflows and IBC is the perfect place for us to demonstrate our new offerings.

The new Spectrum MediaDirector is an example, dramatically increasing overall system bandwidth - with network performance that enables file-based access not previously possible and supporting a substantial increase in the number of channels.

What do you think are the key developments in, or threats to, your market sector at the current time?

The move to a file-based model is a strategic imperative for most companies, but it does require sophisticated platforms that can

company says that hybrid optical and IP networks deliver the QoS necessary to stream realtime video services with a high, reliable QoS. With IP-interfaced transport enhancements in place, broadcasters can use IP transport servi c e s fo r m a ny o f t h e i r c o re transport requirements, including digital newsgathering, special event coverage and network distribution feeds.

1.B27 handle massive amounts of file movement and provide media intelligence that enables customers easily to find, organise and process their digital media files. Luckily, deployments of new file-based infrastructure almost always have an immediate ROI. Why should delegates visit your stand at IBC? The new Spectrum MediaDirector sets a new standard for bandwidth performance in a video server, resulting in support for higher channel counts, more edit seats, and much greater throughput for file transfers. At Omneon, it is all about helping customers make their file-based workflows easy to manage, simpler and more efficient.

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Irdeto unveiling updates

by Ian McMurray On its stand, Irdeto is demonstrating what the company describes as a wide range of innovative content and business model protection solutions and services. These solutions include personal TV, broadband video, conditional access and content security.

Irdeto is also unveiling updates

to its conditional access system, which it says is a versatile and scalable solution that protects content over cable, satellite, terrestrial, IP, mobile and hybrid networks. Irdeto is also launching a solution with a CAM manufacturer that integrates its Universal Client software-based conditional access solution.

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Draka delivers dual digital/analogue cable

by David Fox Amsterdam-based Draka Communications has introduced a new line of high-quality analogue and digital microphone cables with XLR connectors. The cables have been developed with connection specialist, Neutrik.

The new, black XLR Pro Flex professional, dual-function microphone cable features an extremely

soft PVC jacket offering both comfort and flexibility.

The outer sheath is composed of DMC Flex together with spiralled PVC screening, giving ‘excellent protection from both physical and electronic interference, together with a high degree of flexibility and manoeuvrability’.

The inner conductor i s stranded copper wire of 0.60mm

configured in a two-core design together with a cotton filler for added robustness.

Draka has also introduced a new Cat7 patch cable suitable for the demands of very high-level data transmission.

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AlterMedia debuts Suite 9

by Adrian Pennington AlterMedia is launching studio management software Studio Suite 9 at IBC. The package tracks and manages contacts, scheduling, projects, invoicing, library and labels, media assets, equipment and media inventories, communications, maintenance and more. It integrates with Final Cut, Pro Tools, QuickBooks and more and can be networked across Mac and PC platforms.

“Studio Suite 9 is truly a pivotal development for the media and entertainment industry,” claimed AlterMedia CEO and Studio Suite designer, Joel Stoner.

“We are not only providing an entry-level product (Solo) for the exploding smaller studio market, but, we are simultaneously push-

ing the edge of internet technologies to provide wider accessibility for larger facilities.”

A new Web Request module permits clients to request services through the internet, while a new Quick Log module makes it easy for editors, engineers, and freelancers to add themselves and other billable resources to Projects. A Tasks module provides centralised task management.

“One of the most exciting new modules is FTP,” says Stoner.

“This is a built-in file transfer application that executes electronic file transfers, logs each file’s receipt and delivery for historical record-keeping, and prompts users to link and charge the file transfer to the associated project.”

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Has IBC come at a good time for the electronic media industry? Why? Now that the worst of the global downturn appears to be coming to an end, IBC gives the European industry a great opportunity to review what is available in current technology and a window on what is coming in the near future. It is a good time to revaluate and move on to generate new and growing business.

Exhibitor Q&A Steven Mattingly, managing director, TV One

What do you think are the key developments in, or threats to, your market sector at the current time?

The current economic climate makes clients seek value alternatives. The market will accept a product that has 90% of the features at 50% of the cost of a

more expensive product. TV One’s large product and price ranges mean we can fulfil the customers’ needs. This has led to sales growth at a time when others are seeing a downturn.

Why should delegates visit your stand at IBC? TV One has chosen IBC to launch our newest product, the C2-6204 3G HD-SDI Multiviewer, on to the world market.

In addition our other latest p ro d u c t s a re b e i n g d e m o n strated. TV One’s full range of converters, DA’s and switchers are on static display.

On hand will be TV One technical sales staff and design engineers to discuss the products with delegates.

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Innovation provides insulation For a test & measurement company stereo 3D and 3Gbps provide excellent opportunities to be first to market, says Mike Hodson, president OmniTek The past year has been something of a rollercoaster ride for anybody engaged in a commercial business.

The global recession has impacted on all industrial sectors in all countries, and the broadcast industry is certainly no exception.

Most broadcasters derive their income stream, directly or indirectly, from the sale of advertising time; so when the major advertising agencies slash their revenue predictions for 2009 and 2010, this instantly rings alarm bells in stations all over the world.

If broadcasters are not able to sell the advertising time, then there is no money to buy new broadcast equipment, and the general slowdown propagates down the line to

the manufacturers. And if the manufacturers are hurting, the biggest expenses that they need to trim are staff and exhibitions hence the changing face of NAB and IBC this year.

For small businesses like OmniTek, economic recessions can be something of a mixed blessing. Large, well-established corporations need to make dramatic cutbacks in order to cope with reduced income, whereas small fast-moving high technology companies can innovate themselves out of the recession. History shows us that this is exactly the time when hungry young companies step up to the plate, and steal market share from the slow-moving ‘big names’

in the business.

So what is the nature of this innovation, and how is it to be achieved in difficult market conditions? Well, there are a couple of interesting technological developments which are making headway despite the general gloom. Firstly there is the rise of the 3Gbps SDI video format, which is the primary enabling technology to allow the spread of 1080p60 video in time for events such as the London Olympics in 2012.

Secondly there is the renewed interest in stereo 3D film and broadcast production, which is being spurred on by new developments in display technology and the ability to present new and

exciting material such as sporting events with the added benefit of stereo viewing.

For a test and measurement company, these new technological developments provide an excellent opportunity to be first-to-market with the signal generation and analysis equipment needed by content producers in order to explore the boundaries of the new media. The new advances insulate the innovative companies from the vagaries of a depressed market, and provide a much-need spark of optimism and creativity to lift the industry out of a tough period.

We are optimistic about the future of the industry in general and our company in particular, secure in the knowledge that technological changes are always unavoidable and those companies who move quickest to embrace the changes are those which are likely to come out on top when the market returns to growth.

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Mike Hodson: ‘Hungry young companies can step up and steal market share’

HaiVision video hits public sector

by Heather McLean HaiVision Network Video has announced that its hai1000 series network video systems are key to a specially integrated telepresense system recently introduced by Sheffield City Council at the Red Tape Central, Music and Information Technology Training Centre in South Yorkshire, UK. The sophisticated system, integrated and supplied by Techex, is part of a virtual classroom network connecting a central site with four remote city learning centres. A first for secondary education in Eng-

land, the project supports live twoway video, enabling students at the primary hub and at remote sites to engage with high value speakers from across different industries.

The company’s hai1060 multistream telepresence codec system is installed at Red Tape Central, and its single stream hai1020 codec is installed at each remote site. The hai1060 achieves end to end latencies below 150 milliseconds, supporting smooth bidirectional communications during guest presentations and Q&A sessions held over Sheffield’s virtual

classroom network. Wall-mounted c o n t ro l p a n e l s a k i n t o l i g h t switches provide easy system management, with just four buttons controlling streaming and reception, on-off functions for the projector, and mute functions for the speakers and microphones. Interactive voting handsets allow students at the hub and remote sites to vote collaboratively.

“The goal of our CLCs is to provide Sheffield-area students with state of the art technologybased learning opportunities. This system, based on HaiVision tech-

Hai man: Students in Sheffield get the HaiVision treatment

nology, supports this objective by delivering live two-way video that brings immediacy to remote learning and reflects the enthusiasm of participating speakers and stu-

dents,” said Andy Wynne, e-Learning development adviser, Children and Young People’s Directorate, Sheffield City Council.

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Viasat TV chooses Pace again

by Ian McMurray Pace has announced that Modern Times Group’s Viasat Broadcasting, the largest free-and pay-TV operator in Scandinavia and the Baltic States, has once again chosen Pace to launch a second generation HD PVR with built-in hybrid functionality.

As well as helping to boost the operator’s set-top box portfolio across its territories, deployment of Pace’s TDS855NV hybrid HD PVR will give Viasat greater ability to offer advanced services to its customers and to provide them with a superior viewing and content management experience, says the company, adding that the hybrid functionality of the set-top box will provide users with access to a broader universe of programming, allowing them to receive content in different ways and giving them increased control.

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Three different services from Media Broadcast

by Ian McMurray Visitors to the Media Broadcast stand are taking advantage of the fact that no fewer than three different presentations are taking place. The first of these emphasises Event Broadcast Services, using as an example services to be provided at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Featured in this presentation is Broadcast NGN, the new IP platform specifically designed by the company for media customers.

Media Broadcast is demonstrating its use in the integration of signals and showing how the network can be adapted to customers’ individual needs.

T h e second presentation focuses on constant digital transmission via satellite and from SNG stations. HD-SNG stations with production technology have recently been made available for outside broadcasts as well as HD productions. Media Broadcast is demonstrating the opportunities these services offer and explaining how customers can take advantage of the synergy between SNG and production technology.

I n t h e third presentation,

Pixelmetrix shifts time with DVShift2

by Ian McMurray Pixelmetrix has launched Pixelmetrix DVShift2, a time-shift solution for rebroadcast scenarios in the compressed media domain.

With the capability to edit or replace content lined up for broadcast, DVShift2 can be used for content replacement without the need for expensive editors or automation equipment, says the company.

The DVShift2 also features what Pixelmetrix describes as innovative logo insertion, allowing broadcasters to repurpose content without the need to resort to SDI conversion. The cost-effective nature of DVShift2 means, says the company, that it can also be

used as a fail-safe back-up for more expensive time-shifting solutions currently deployed.

Pixelmetrix is also presenting its new monitoring solution for terrestrial operators. Called Pixelmetrix DVStation-Mini2 DVB-T, the company says that it is a fullyf e at u re d m o n i t o r i n g p ro b e designed for 24/7 operational monitoring, quality and continuity assurance of DVB-T services, offering high fidelity RF measurements and comprehensive TS analysis in one affordable box.

Extensive SFN network monitoring support helps broadcasters ensure network coverage, while ultra-high MER resolution and an

Shifting gear: the DVShift2

additional ASI input makes the DVStation-Mini2 DVB-T the perfect transmitter monitoring tool, says Pixelmetrix.

It comes with shock-mounted hard-disk for portable operation.

Key features include configurable thresholds for custom monitoring requirements, SNMP, GET, SET and TRAP support as well as configurable alarm actions.

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Ross has live production Vision The main event: Event broadcast services are an area of focus at the Media Broadcast stand

Media Broadcast and SmartJog are showcasing advanced solutions in cinema distribution and delivery. The presentation focuses on a European end-to-end network for the film industry.

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by Adrian Pennington A new series of 5-8 MLE production switchers is one part of Ross Video’s showstoppers at the RAI. The Vision Octane is loaded with effects, features and options such as eight full four keyer MLEs, 35 full screen HD animation stores and 24 channels of 3D DVE with warp capability.

There are as many as 96 inputs, 48 outputs, plus a remarkable total of 56 keyers. Intended for multiscreen, multi-destination, split feed, monitor wall intensive a n d 3 D p ro d u c t i o n s, Vi s i o n Octane allows each feed to achieve full production value without stealing resources from the main production.

Combine this processing frame production power with Vision’s multi-control panel capability and, says the company, collaborative productions become easy.

Vision Octane is 3G ready and existing Ross Vision customers have a straightforward upgrade

The Vision Octane is loaded with effects

path to Octane.

Additionally Ross is showcasing its SoftMetal Video Servers notably the new 3000 series hardware platform as well as version 4.25 software.

The 3000 series supports up to eight simultaneous channels in SD and up to four simultaneous channels in HD. It uses SATA drives and offers up to 14TB of media storage in a compact 3RU. It’s

available in both standard and multi-definition versions with 1x2, 0x4 and 4x4 configurations.

The feature set of the SoftMetal v4.25 software includes an improved MXF and QuickTime file format support, throttled FTP file transfers, slo-motion playback with field interpolation, VTR and Odetics protocols, GPI/O support and numerous other enhancements.

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ADB highlights social networking Stereoscopic specialists CanCommunicate used JVC’s new 3D monitor to create a 3D promo for FilmNova and Sky featuring athlete Usain Bolt attempting to break the 150 metre record in Manchester, writes Adrian Pennington. The film was shot using six 3D camera rigs and included a 150m ACS tracking camera in 3D and a Technocrane.

The project was edited in-house using Can’s Quantel Pablo to which the JVC 3D screen was connected. 10.D41

New L-band mask filters

by David Davies Spinner is showcasing two newly developed L-band mask filters with dielectric resonators for the T-DMB/DAB and MediaFLO standards.

The filter BN 61 65 15 is an 8cavity bandpass filter with extra steep flanks for MediaFLO applic at i o n s with a bandwidth of 7.25MHz at medium transmitting powers.

The filter BN 61 65 16 is a tuneable 4-cavity bandpass filter with a bandwidth of 1.54Mhz for the DAB or T-DMB standards. It was designed for applications with lower transmitting powers.

According to Spinner, the design of the filter with ceramic resonators “makes it possible to realise superb electrical values at small physical dimensions.”

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by Ian McMurray ADB is demonstrating DivXencoded content on the ADB3810TW hybrid DVB-T/IPTV set-top box. Consumers can access DivX files from their PC and play them on TV, and pay-TV operators can enhance their VoD offering with DivX content, which includes old and niche movies that are not

always available in other formats.

The company is also showing how a full range of web services can be brought to the TV screen.

In partnership with the Stream Group, the company is demonstrating the Solocoo applications including access to YouTube and Twitter, and the ability to chat on FaceBook and recommend TV

programmes to friends. Also featured is a demonstration showing how set-top boxes and multi-room DVR applications enable content sharing around the customer home using DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) and UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) home networking.

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Made for multistream monitoring

by Farah Jifri Italian company Rover-Broadcast is here to demonstrate its MFE digital signal monitoring system.

According to the company, the system is particularly well suited to DVB-S2 multistream satellite and DVB-T terrestrial signal measurements.

The Rover Broadcast product

enables local and remote monitori n g o f t h e R F, M P E G - 2 & MPEG-4 video/audio signals as well as transport stream analysis.

Remote monitoring and control is done via Simple Network Management Protocol and web management options. MFE also allows simultaneous monitoring of up to eight ASI transport

streams, up to four RF signals, or a c o m b i n at i o n o f b o t h , a n d enables users to trace errors via the data logger integrated in the web management GUI. In addition, an optional alarm board is available with eight contact closure relays that are programmable by the user.

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Taking time to talk

Gefen’s new DVI matrix

Steve Nunney, founder and MD Hamlet, values the chance to talk to and learn from his customers

With its new matrix switcher, Gefen is addressing system integration for digital signage, presentations, broadcast, video walls, studio environments. Gefen’s 16x16 DVI Matrix supports connection of up to 16 computers or graphics cards using DVI to any 16 digital displays or projectors. It can be used for creating multiple workstations with access to several different computer systems without networking, and it supports the delivery of HD resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 or 1080p.

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Testing times at Leader Leader Electronics has a range of new broadcast test and measurement products on the elQuip BV stand.

Notable is the 1RU half-rack sized LV 7330 rasterizer, an instrument which has had its depth and weight reduced by about 40% compared with the previous model. Power consumption is also reduced to at least 60%, says the manufacturer. In addition to the basic functions (waveform monitor, vector scope, picture monitor, sound measurement capability, and so on), the LV 7330 provides the ‘squeeze’ function applicable to a wide monitor. Either 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratios can be selected.

Leader’s patented Cinelite2 software, which offers accurate f-stop and colour tone measurement and Cinezone, for accurate luminance measurement to determine ‘hot spots’ as well as low light areas, is included in the package.

The Japanese company, whose products are distributed in Europe by elQuip, also has a major upgrade of the LV 5800’s monitoring capabilities. Two important features have been added: full support for loudness measurement in embedded audio (PCM, Dolby-E, AC3) and AES/EBU (PCM, Dolby-E, AC3) and also video frame capture triggering by alarm. These features are included as standard with all new instruments but customers with an LV 5800 are entitled to a free upgrade.

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Linear Acoustic demo Linear Acoustic is demonstrating the LAMBDA Professional Digital Audio and Metadata Monitor, described as a complete package for highly accurate digital audio and metadata monitoring throughout the entire broadcast chain.

The new unit displays audio and metadata, and allows simulation of metadata effects to provide accurate monitoring. The base model includes standard features like AES and HD/SDSDI inputs, ITU-R BS.1770 loudness measurement, a premium acousticallytuned speaker system with digital crossovers and bi-amplification, full-time 2-channel LtRt or LoRo downmix via AES and balanced analogue outputs, AES outputs of decoded and/or deembedded audio channels, and a front panel headphone output. Options include Dolby Digital (AC-3)/Dolby E decoding, DVB-ASI input, and dual power supplies.

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One of the questions people always seem to want to know about exhibitions is how many attended. ‘IBC was 50,000 last year – how many will it be this year?’

Of course it is important to get a good turnout for an exhibition.

But we are really not in the business of processing vast numbers of people. In fact, at Hamlet we really value the time to talk to people.

When I set up Hamlet, more than 20 years ago, I was a broadcast engineer and I was getting frustrated because I could not get the test and measurement tools I wanted. Now, I value the chance to talk to other engineers to find out what their real-world requirements are.

And exhibitions like IBC are great opportunities to have those conversations – if there is time.

This year’s IBC is a very special case. For much of the industry the last year has been very slow, with broadcasters and media companies reluctant to invest until the economic conditions change. In turn, that means that engineers have had time to consider what their future priorities will be.

What are those challenges?

Certainly we need to be building 3Gbps infrastructures in future.

There may not be much 1080p equipment around at the moment, but there will be in the not too distant future, and any installation work done now should take that into consideration.

A related question is whether now is the time to move from coax to fibre as the house wiring standard. There are arguments on both sides, and our conversations

Nucomm upgrades link

by Ian McMurray Nucomm is featuring its upgraded ChannelMaster 7 series ‘split box’ portable microwave link system.

New features for the range include DVB-S modulation (in addition to the FM analogue and DVB-T/VSB digital opti o n s already available), n ew tripod/mounting hardware and a new user interface. These revised features further expand t h e

already advanced features of SD/HD transmission capability a n d mu l t i - b a n d o p e rat i o n .

A c c o rd i n g t o N u c o m m , c u s tomers have been asking for a product that supports higher data rates than those available with standard 8MHz DVB-T, and it believes that the ChannelMaster 7 offers unparalleled flexibility in offering four modulation modes integrated into the same hardware

Future is Rhozet for S4M

by Ian McMurray Harmonic recently announced that its Rhozet Carbon Coder universal transcoding solution had been selected by German-based S4M for its video production management system, VPMS. With

the integration of Rhozet Carbon Coder, S4M is now offering its customers a flexible production system with video effects support, says Harmonic, a capability that is particularly useful for newsgathering organisations that need a

with engineers told us that they need equipment to test both.

Which is why we are launching a f i b re m o d u l e fo r o u r h a n d portable Flexiscope here at IBC. Another application for 3Gbps signals is stereoscopic 3D, and that is definitely a hot IBC topic. We have something for checking that

the two cameras and their channels stay in alignment, and we will be talking to engineers here, showing them the current version and asking how it should develop.

The other big issue we see as changing the nature of the industry is the increasing reliance not just on internal file-based architectures but for delivery between content owners and broadcasters.

It brings them real economies in asset management.

Bulk deliveries of content over IP does cause a quality control issue, though. We have a software solution that analyses content as it arrives in a server, and again we are developing a major enhancement, to support clustered processing when a large amount of content arrives.

These are the issues of the moment as they appear to use in the test and measurement business. We are very much looking forward to seeing customers – and potential new customers – at IBC, and taking time out to talk to them about what they really need for the future.

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platform (FM, VSB, DVB-T and DVB-DSNG (S)).

Nucomm’s entire ENG/OB product line is capable of HD operation using built in encoding/decoding technology.

Included among the products making up the 7 Series are the ChannelMaster TX7 portable transmitter, the ChannelMaster RX7 portable receiver, the Newscaster VT7 ENG/OB van transmitter and the Newscaster CR7 central receiver.

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The Nucomm ChannelMaster 7 portable microwave link system includes new tripod/mounting hardware

quick way to add video effects, such as wipes and fades, within the VPMS solution.

Deployed by private and public service broadcasters throughout Europe, S4M’s VPMS supports the management of digital video assets from acquisition through production to playout, distribution and archiving. According to

Har monic, the integration of Rhozet Carbon Coder technology with S4M’s VPMS streamlines the video production process for broadcasters where time-to-air is critical, letting them add video effects during the transcoding process to deliver compelling video content quickly.

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Steve Nunney: ‘We have a technology for checking that stereo camera channels stay in alignment’

BRIC builds Vortex IP range

by David Fox The new BRIC-Link IP audio codec provides high-performance, two-way audio-to-IP conversion (and the reverse), at around half the price of previous Comrex Access-IP systems. “It is designed for point-to-point links or pointto-multi-point, and will do multicast or multi-unicast,” explained Ian Prowse, director, Vortex Communications.

There is a trade off in flexibility over more expensive versions, but it still offers a way of moving linear or compressed audio over a range of IP links with very low delay. It is simpler to use and avoids the need to buy features that are not required for this type of application. It boasts the same audio specifications and hardware

reliability, so it is suitable for studio-transmitter links and other mission-critical functions.

BRIC-Link can also be used on the internet, and includes FLAC lossless audio compression and basic AAC coding algorithms as standard. It can stream programme audio over the internet and create Shoutcast-compatible streams that can be pulled to PC-based applications such as VLC and Windows Media Player. The streaming server can include song title and artist information with the audio.

It can serve up a web page that displays connection status and allows the user to configure profiles for various connections, as well as point-and-click connection commands.

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Sound Devices has announced that its new CL-2 Remote Fader for the 788T digital audio recorder is now shipping, writes David Davies. The CL-2 is described as a ‘powerful addition’ to the 788T, providing added convenience and flexibility to location recording, and can be used on a surface or strapped directly to a microphone boom pole. It connects to the 788T’s proprietary C.Link port (Control Link) and offers a single, 30mm fader that can be programmed to control any input on the 788T. There are also two, two-position switches on the remote control unit that can be programmed to operate several critical functions on the 788T, including remote record activation. The CL-2 is powered by the C.Link port. The CL-2 requires firmware revision 1.75 or greater on the 788T. 8.E72 THE IBC DAILY FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2009

theibcdaily In Brief Arabsat in Sudan Arabsat and the Sudanese Radio & TV Corporation have signed an agreement to launch and operate a DTH platform in Khartoum. The Sudanese Radio & TV Corporation will upgrade Om Durman Station-2 to be ready to host the platform in order for Arabsat to set up the platform and prepare it for operation by end of this year.

According to Arabsat, setting up this platform in Sudan aims to provide the required infrastructure for digital satellite broadcasting, enabling all the Sudanese channels that are currently being transmitted from outside Sudan to be transmitted from Sudan within one Sudani bouquet.

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Power to the camera Anton/Bauer has introduced what it claims is “the smallest and lightest charger and on-camera power supply package available on the market”. The new Tandem 150 System is suitable for remote and on-location shoots. The power/charger works separately from the power supply, allowing a user to simultaneously charge a battery as well as power a camera at 75 Watts. When the 75W draw is exceeded, the system automatically stops charging and performs solely as a power supply, but if the camera is turned off or the load is reduced below 75W, it resumes charging the battery.

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Autodesk Lustre 2010 Autodesk is introducing Lustre 2010, a new version of its colour-grading software system. The software offers a creative toolset for primary and secondary grading, as well as support for stereoscopic production. Lustre 2010 also includes features to allow integration into a facility’s workflow and can share media and timelines with Autodesk Flame and Autodesk Smoke visual effects and finishing software.

Lustre 2010 is available in several configurations and as a software-only version for Flame or Smoke.

At its stand, Autodesk is also announcing Extension 1 releases for several products: Inferno 2010, Flame 2010, Flare 2010, Flint 2010 and Smoke 2010.

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Belden: 30m HDMI cable Belden now offers 26 AWG shielded twisted pair HDMI cables in lengths of up to 7m. To demonstrate what the company describes as the unique cable performance properties of these HDMI cables, Belden has successfully run an unamplified 1080p60 digital video signal 30m from a Blu-ray Disc player to a 1080p60 display with no deterioration in signal quality, according to the company. The secret lies, apparently, in Belden’s patented Bonded-Pair technology. Even when the cable is flexed or bent, the conductorto-conductor spacing remains constant, says Belden.

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Taking the initiative

Mikael Vest, sales director NTP Technology, calls for new standards for Ethernet-based audio interfaces As one of the world’s largest exhibitions of broadcast video and audio equipment, IBC is an ideal venue for the exchange of ideas on standards for equipment interconnection and signal exchange.

Interface standards such as AES/EBU, MADI, Firew i re, USB, TDIF and ADAT have long been used for digital audio. Each of these interfaces is based on a specific cable configuration to provide the connections and a similarly specific clocking scheme to retrieve accurate timing information.

TCP/IP and equivalent standardised data networks are obviously very popular and a large number of Ethernet-based data and communication systems are in operation. High-speed gigabit intranet, web-based internet highspeed data services and media streaming are central to an audio world increasingly dominated by music file downloads and podcasting direct to internet-connected audiences.

One area where there is still a need for improvement is in the standardisation of an Ethernet (gigabit) format for networking non-bit-reduced PCM channels of audio or video in a realtime manner with a high quality clock and timing recovery system.

Various manufacturers have invented proprietary formats with differing levels of conformity to the existing Ethernet standards.

But the real challenge is to adapt a system with full compatibility to existing Ethernet standards in order to obtain the full benefit of Ethernet networking capabilities, along with compliance and compatibility with the more data oriented components of an Ethernet based network.

Recently initiatives have been made by the AES committee to co-ordinate work on standardising an Ethernet format for multichannel digital audio and to investigate what is actually possible within the current standards. This work is also of great interest to NTP. A research project is also in progress at Aalborg University in Denmark

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Mikael Vest: ‘The challenge is to adapt a system with full compatibility to existing Ethernet standards’

on the subject of real time highbandwidth Ethernet data networking.

As a representative of the industry and a company with high interest in audio routing solutions, NTP Technology would like to encourage the standards committees, the manufacturers and the research institutes to join in these efforts and co-operate in the development and implementation of a standardised format.

N T P w i l l m e a n wh i l e b e exhibiting the latest additions to its current range of audio routing and interfacing equipment and supporting software.

NTP’s Penta 725 series is a new generation of compact modular audio routing equipment designed for use in sound recording studios, audio post-production facilities, mobile production trucks, and in television and radio broadcasting.

These include the Penta 725 modular router, the BLISS-Matrix a u d i o m i xe r, t h e RC C o re V 3 router control system and the DAD AX24 eight-channel audio ADC/DAC. The AX24 is a particularly forward-looking product which supports sampling rates up to 352.8 kHz as used for recording and editing Super Audio CDs. 8.B51

Digital radio encoder demo

by David Davies A DRM+ live broadcast chain employing Fraunhofer technology and 5.1 surround sound is being demonstrated on the Nautel stand.

This digital radio set-up uses Fraunhofer’s DRM/DRM+ ContentServer R4 – a complete broadcast encoder solution for Digital Radio Mondiale, combining live audio encoding with optional MPEG Surround support, data service management and broad-

cast, as well as DRM signalling and multiplex generation. A similar ContentServer is also available fo r t h e Wo rl d D M B s y s t e m (DAB/DAB+/DMB).

The technology is not the only focus of Fraunhofer’s appearance at IBC2009, however. For example, Journaline – an advanced textbased information service – is on display at the stands of Nautel, Thomson and Transradio.

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Prism Sound adds to audio analyser range

by David Davies Prism Sound is exhibiting two new lower-cost versions of its dScope S e r i e s I I I a u d i o a n a ly s e r s at IBC2009.

These instruments are aimed at research & development engineers and production line managers who are currently only concerned with audio analysis in the analogue domain. The analogue-only variants are said to give customers access to all the power and flexibility of the dScope Series III audio analyzer platform but at a much lower cost of entry.

Graham Boswell, sales and marketing Director of Prism Sound, commented: “The dScope Series III analyzer platform is probably the most flexible and powerful audio test solution for analogue and digital audio generation and analysis. However, we are aware that some of our customers don’t need its entire feature set in order to conduct analysis in the analogue domain, so we are aiming to provide these customers with the choice of more cost-effective solutions. We are offering two versions of the analogue-only instrument – one aimed at loudspeaker and QC applications and

Prism Sound is showing new analogue versions of its dScope Series III audio analyser

one aimed at more advanced analysis applications – so customers can choose the solution that best meets their needs.”

The dScope Series III family offers options for comprehensive analogue and digital audio signal generation and analysis, plus support for digital audio carrier testing, quasi-anechoic microphone /loudspeaker analysis and testing of Windows sound devices.

Other features include the ability for the user to define their own analysis filters or measurement algorithms, and to automate the device using its built-in VB Script Interpreter, which allows the creation of custom test routines and pass/fail limit checking.

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Exhibitor Q&A Bernhard Reitz, head of product management, DVS Digital Video Systems Has IBC come at a good time for the electronic media industry? Why? Digital file-based workflows are increasingly going to be established in the post production and broadcast world. With this step more and more different video formats and codecs are part of the daily work. Especially broadcasters are faced with these demands for time sensitive content delivery while maintaining high quality and flexibility. The new broadcast video server Venice enables users to achieve fast, consistent workflows with compressed video.

What do you think are the key developments in, or threats to, your market sector at the current time?

The overall challenge right now is to support the highest image quality while delivering it in low file sizes. Codecs that are based on JPEG2000 and H.264 are clearly future-proof but they require sincere performance.

Users today call for more features than realtime encoding and decoding. With DVS’ way of combining hardware with

software development we are able to fulfil both the demands from broadcasters and post production houses.

Why should delegates visit your stand at IBC? DV S ’ n ew b ro a d c a s t v i d e o server Venice provides fast workflows with compressed video formats that can be converted and distributed on-thefly. Support of multiple video formats and codecs are the base for flexible file-based workflows. Delegates will also exper i e n c e t h e revo l u t i o n a ry realtime processing of RED ONE data with Clipster. On top of that, Clipster enters the third dimension: 3D stereoscopic projects as specified by DCI are easily generated with the DI workstation.

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Back to Oasys basics

The reality check of the last 12 months could deliver a real appreciation of all technology options believes Mark Errington CEO, On-Air Systems now Oasys IBC 2009 arrives on the back of one of the hardest 12 months for business in recent history, and probably the hardest for the media industry ever. There is good news though – it has been a wake up call for everyone, and it has provided an opportunity for the media industry to focus on core business values – customer offering, strategic investment, value for money, and profitability.

So maybe we will not have multi-million pound blue sky projects that have no business model behind them, maybe we won’t have

excessive ‘talent’ salaries, but maybe as part of the back to basics there is now a real appreciation of the value of investigating all the technology options, not just those from the traditional industry names.

Now that HD has had its 15 minutes of fame, the industry seems to want to find the new and exciting toy that will be the buzz of the trade shows. I would prefer that the buzz was about simplicity, efficiency and reliability. Finding solutions that keep carbon footprints low (and avoid power taxes), that are easy to learn, and are not

Boris remains Avid fan Boris FX is now offering Boris Continuum Complete 6 AVX for Avid DS. Based on Avid’s AVX 1 plug-in architecture, BCC 6 AVX for DS brings nearly 180 filters to 64-bit versions of Avid DS. This latest release features over 30 new filters including DV fixer; swish pan, cartoon look, pencil sketch, and water colour effects; and OpenGL-accelerated effects such as 3D extruded image shat-

ter, damaged TV, glint, glare, glitter, LED, lens flare, lightning, prism, scanline, and tile mosaic.

A pixel fixer feature was developed to remove bad pixels resulting from a faulty digital camera sensor or dust on a camera lens. Boris FX reported that up to 10 bad spots can be repaired with a single filter application, without degradation of image quality or sharpness.

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dressed up in hype and jargon.

I think that accepting the transition to IT based broadcast workflows is not only inevitable, but is business critical. Moving away from a broadcast engineering mentality to a hybrid broadcast/communications/networking mentality will open up reviews of mature products that until now may have been overlooked when budgets were less of a problem. Given the financial stresses of some of the high profile industry stalwarts, you are as safe (or possibly even safer) in the hands of one of the more fleet of foot SME suppliers as you are with a better known brand.

So I think the opportunity is there to have a strong show that focuses on things that work; that reduce costs but add value; and that will provide a standardised platform for many years to come.

Vi s i t o r s s h o u l d t h i n k ab o u t

reviewing booths that they may have bypassed previously, and with some of the bigger names missing they may be surprised at the breadth and depth of existing products.

The last year has seen an unprecedented level of co-operation between supplier companies that have worked on exploiting open standards and forging business relationships that are to the benefit of the customer, and these have been added on top of proven reliable products rather than created as an idea for the next hot topic.

Back to basics is good for me and my company. We standardised a long time ago, we have a history of delivering high quality well supported solutions, and we welcome the opportunity to educate more people into the possibilities of today rather than tomorrow.

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by Ian McMurray EchoStar is highlighting its latest, advanced user interf a c e a n d e l e c t ro n i c p ro gramme guide to enable user friendly access to a converged/hybrid service portfolio including services d e l ive re d ove r- t h e - t o p (OTTTV), via IPTV, broadcast or events recorded on New GUI is integrated with SlingGuide the DVR’s hard disk drive.

The solution features a tile- how new technology is central to based navigation system and point enabling operators to achieve a and click remote control. The strong and competitive portfolio GUI has also been integrated with of next generation, converged SlingGuide to provide remote services including HD, DVR, access to content and DVR con- OTTTV, IPTV, home networking and place-shifting. trol outside the home.

EchoStar Europe’s participation The company is emphasising

by David Fox Deluxe Italia in Rome and Ascent 142 in London have become the first to install the new ArriLaser 2 film recorder.

It is twice the speed of the tenyear-old ArriLaser. “We will now be able to offer better tonal reproduction with the 16-bit workflow and – most importantly in an industry defined by deadlines – vastly improved turnaround times for our clients,” said Adrian Bull, CTO, Ascent 142.

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post production facility, Deluxe Digital Rome, will be able to turn around quality laser film-out work at 0.9 seconds per frame in 2k and 1.5fps in 4k.

The Linux-based software uses a newly designed GUI that gives a constant overview of recording jobs in progress. “It delivers greater accuracy and is supported by an advanced project management system, which allows us to integrate the device into our existing DI pipeline,” added Bull.

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Has IBC come at a good time for the electronic media industry? Why? O u r c o re bu s i n e s s i s a u d i o, video, and data monitoring, as well as data insertion and extraction systems for closed captioning. IBC is – and always has been – a very important forum for us to engage with the EMEA marketplace and develop new opportunities within the rapidly growing and evolving EMEA broadcast community.

What do you think are the key developments in, or threats to, your market sector at the current time?

IPTV is today’s most significant technology development because of its potential to completely transform traditional broadcasting. As people get more accustomed to accessing video content via DVRs, mobile devices, and

in the SlingLoaded integration programme – unique technology, says the company, that brings home-networking and place-shifting directly to the STB or DVR – is also a feature of the company’s participation.

According to EchoStar, operators are seeing how they can enrich their current service portfolios to meet consumer demand for ‘on-the-go’ s e r v i c e s, by p u l l i n g c o n t e n t securely to devices inside and outside the home to deliver a flexible and all-encompassing entertainment experience that will provide new revenue opportunities and powerful tools for reducing churn.

4.B54 Even though there are signs that the economy may be recovering, I believe the recession has created one of the most serious threats to broadcasting in recent memory. It’s quite possible we might begin to see the demise of small, locally owned stations that are heavily dependent on local advertising.

Carl Dempsey, president and CEO, Wohler Technologies

Arri debut in London and Rome

Mark Errington: ‘Accepting the transition to IT-based workflows is business critical’

EchoStar: New technology is central

Exhibitor Q&A

The latest Videotek compact test and measurement monitor from Harris is designed to help companies go green, as its power consumption is less than 20W, writes Dick Hobbs. As well as directly reducing energy requirements it minimises the load on the air conditioning, and needs no fans so is completely silent in use. It offers a full range of audio and video measurements, including 16 audio channel level metering. It can be upgraded using a software key from standard definition only all the way up to 3Gbps. 7.G20

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PCs they realise they are no longer chained to their TV sets or a schedule they can’t control.

The successful broadcasters will be those that understand this dynamic and get proactive about developing methods to deliver professional-quality video content via IP. And the successful technology vendors will be those who anticipate the IPTV requirements these broadcasters will have. For instance, every one of our solutions now comes standard with a GigE Ethernet connection on the back.

Why should delegates visit your stand at IBC? We are very excited about IBC09 because we’ll be showing all of our latest platforms for audio and video monitoring, which are the most powerful systems we h ave eve r bu i l t , i n c l u d i n g advanced OLED-based systems with functionality including vectorscope, waveform, and closedcaptioning features. Our new video monitoring platforms are IPTV-ready and offer functionality that truly is not available anywhere else in the market.

Also, our new closed-captioning solutions provide support for both US EIA-608/EIA-708 and OP47 protocols.

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